Satya Nadella has shared insights at Madrona 2025 on AI, OpenAI’s role in Microsoft’s AI vision, and leadership, emphasizing AI’s role in driving global economic growth.

Microsoft is expanding its 365 Copilot with AI-powered Researcher and Analyst agents, deep reasoning, and agent flows to automate research.

Reve Image 1.0 has entered the AI art space, offering high-quality images at a fraction of the cost, challenging MidJourney, Flux, and OpenAI’s new GPT-4o image generation mode.

Some developers are implementing country-wide blocks to protect against AI scrapers consuming excessive bandwidth.

The U.S. has expanded AI chip export bans on China, tightening restrictions on Nvidia and ASML while pushing allies to enforce stricter semiconductor controls.

Anthropic has secured an early legal victory as a judge rejects Universal Music’s effort to stop AI training on song lyrics, citing no irreparable harm.

OpenAI has added GPT-4o image generation to ChatGPT, allowing users to create, edit, and refine AI-generated images directly within the chat interface.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is now available with major AI reasoning upgrades, outperforming rivals in multimodal tasks and long-context memory while advancing structured logic.

While Signal's encryption is strong, some US adminitration officials defend its use for U.S. military secrets. They are wrong.

Google has updated Slides with a new proportional scaling feature that has streamlined the design process by ensuring uniform resizing of objects.

ByteDance has launched its Lynx UI framework, offering web developers a new way to build high-performance apps with near-native capabilities.

Apple has avoided an EU fine by adjusting its iOS browser policies to comply with the Digital Markets Act, while Meta faces a $1B penalty over ad tracking.

Google has introduced AI-powered nudges in Drive, surfacing relevant files and generating automatic summaries to improve file discovery and workflow efficiency.

South Korean AI chipmaker FuriosaAI has rejected Meta’s $800M acquisition offer, choosing to remain independent to focus on its cutting-edge AI chip development.

The EU is preparing to fine Meta up to $1 billion for violating the Digital Markets Act with its ‘pay or consent’ model for Facebook and Instagram ads.

ChatGPT’s voice assistant now feels more like a real conversation, thanks to OpenAI’s updates on latency, expressiveness, and turn-taking.

The new VanHelsing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, using double extortion and advanced evasion tactics.

Microsoft's Security Copilot now features AI agents designed to autonomously handle high-volume security tasks, improving efficiency for cybersecurity professionals.