Microsoft is rolling out a faster, redesigned Microsoft 365 Copilot featuring a cleaner interface that loads twice as fast, smarter progressive disclosure tools, and deeper integration across desktop and mobile apps, letting users edit documents and ask questions directly from within paragraphs, spreadsheet cells, and slides.
Asana acquires no-code AI startup StackAI for $75 million, bringing on its founders and technology to supercharge its push toward becoming a fully AI-native workplace platform capable of automating complex business processes end-to-end.
Microsoft launches a redesigned Copilot app with a 50% faster interface and a new AI intelligence layer called Work IQ, driving massive usage surges across Microsoft 365, including a 43% spike in PowerPoint and 33% jump in Excel.
OpenAI and Thrive Holdings have deployed a self-improving Tax AI across 30+ accounting firms that processed 7,000 returns this season with 97% drafting accuracy, saving practitioners a third of their time while autonomously correcting its own mistakes through a continuous feedback loop.
AI adoption is surging with 88% of organizations jumping in, but only 31% successfully scale it — and Slack is positioning itself as the solution by bridging the critical context gap that forces workers to constantly switch tools and manually feed AI the information it needs to deliver real value.
Tech CEOs are being accused of 'AI psychosis' as mass layoffs surge past 115,000 in 2026, with executives citing AI productivity gains that researchers say lack robust evidence, while experts warn AI agents won't reach human-level competence until 2029.
OpenAI commits $250 million to help workers and the economy adapt to AI disruption, funding retraining programs, independent research, and long-term strategies to equitably distribute AI-generated wealth — a move that serves both public goodwill and the company's bottom line.
Lovable launches parallel AI subagents that autonomously research and explore codebases in real time, dramatically accelerating complex builds at no extra cost — and users may actually pay less as lighter tasks route to cheaper models.
Meta slashes nearly 1,400 Washington state jobs starting July 22, hitting Bellevue hardest with 699 cuts, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg aggressively restructures the company around artificial intelligence amid fierce competition with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.
Elite researchers from Google DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta launch Trajectory, a bold new AI startup designed to help companies build self-improving AI products by training models on real-world user interactions.