The Chicago Tribune has filed a lawsuit against AI search engine Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement. The suit focuses on Perplexity’s use of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver verbatim content, bypassing paywalls.
Microsoft is ending its annual diversity and inclusion report and removing DEI as a company-wide performance metric. This follows a recent executive order targeting such initiatives. The company says it’s just changing formats, but the timing raises serious questions.
New evidence from Amnesty International reveals spyware vendor Intellexa had remote access to its government clients’ live surveillance systems. This allowed company employees to see the personal data of people hacked with its Predator spyware, contradicting industry claims of separation.
Microsoft is scrambling to fix a critical bug that’s preventing paid Microsoft 365 subscribers from downloading desktop apps like Word and Excel. The issue, stemming from a recent service update, fails the license verification process. A fix is in testing, but there’s no ETA for a rollout.
According to Fast Company, Google’s Gemini chatbot is gaining significant market share, chipping away at ChatGPT’s dominance. Meanwhile, Apple is reorganizing its AI leadership, and the music industry is striking deals with AI music generators.
Waymo is expanding its autonomous vehicle testing to Philadelphia and data collection in three other major U.S. cities. The company is pushing for massive scale but faces scrutiny over how its cars interact with school buses.
Intel’s Arc discrete GPUs have finally broken the 1% market share barrier, according to the latest quarterly report from analyst firm Jon Peddie Research. The broader add-in board market saw $8.8 billion in shipments for Q3 2025, with Nvidia still commanding a dominant 92% share.
Microsoft AI, the division overseeing Copilot, has set an internal goal for all its employees to become “AI-native” by the end of the company’s fiscal year in June. VP of Design Liz Danzico revealed the plan, which includes an in-house AI course for thousands of workers, at a Fortune conference in M
Rachel Taylor’s career pivot shows that building a friendly AI assistant is less about code and more about culture. After moving from Microsoft back to startup Sesame, her job is to keep AI personas helpful—and away from dangerous traits like sycophancy.
Changing a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio is a nightmare of legacy code and muscle memory. Microsoft’s blog post details why something as simple as making Ctrl+W close a tab is incredibly difficult, with a fix finally planned for Visual Studio 2026.
