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An early preview of WebMCP, a standard co-authored by Google and Microsoft that makes it easy for agents to navigate websites, is now available in Chrome 146. This feature was added so quietly last week that a lot of people missed it. Continue Reading →

Wikipedia has signed deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI. The nonprofit that famously rejected advertising is now a paid data supplier to the AI industry. Google signed in 2022; the rest just caught up. Continue Reading →

Microsoft just announced Copilot Mode for its Edge browser, turning its traditional browser into an active AI-powered assistant. Continue Reading →

Those of us wishing Copilot didn't suck just got a gift from our friends in Redmond. Starting today, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 models will be available to Copilot users in the Researcher tool and through Copilot Studio. Microsoft says this gives customers flexibility to “mix which models are used for specific tasks.” Continue Reading →

There's a meme that's been circulating around the interweb this week. I like the simplicity of this meme, but there are far more than three probable futures. Continue Reading →

Yesterday, Reuters reported that OpenAI finalized a cloud deal with Google in May. This might look like routine tech news. It is not. This is a strategic inflection point in the AI infrastructure wars. OpenAI, whose ChatGPT threatens the core of Google Search, is now paying Google billions of dollars to power its growth. Continue Reading →

Microsoft just introduced NLWeb, an open-source project designed to bring natural language interfaces directly to websites. The vision is simple and powerful: turn any site into an AI-powered app that can answer user questions in plain English. Continue Reading →

Microsoft is officially going passwordless by default. On the surface, it’s a welcome step toward a safer, simpler future. Passkeys — supported by Apple, Google, and Microsoft under the FIDO Alliance banner — promise to eliminate the phishing risks, credential leaks, and attack vectors that passwords have always invited. But there’s a catch. Continue Reading →

After nearly a year of delays, Microsoft has officially launched Recall, its AI-powered search feature for Windows 11. Available now on Copilot+ PCs through the April 2025 non-security preview update, Recall introduces AI-driven memory search by periodically capturing screenshots of user activity. Continue Reading →

In “If You Can't Tell the Difference, There Is No Difference,” I argued that when AI-generated work is indistinguishable from human-made content, the distinction becomes irrelevant. Microsoft’s latest Surface commercial (created with the help of generative AI) puts that theory into practice. Continue Reading →