Artificial intelligence is spreading faster than any technology in history. Yet today’s map shows a clear divide. @Microsoft's AI Economy Institute’s new AI Diffusion Report assesses where the world stands today, while laying out the steps to expand access, build skills, and make

Announcing the 2026 Microsoft Research Fellowship, a program that creates opportunities for faculty, PhD students, and postdocs to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance science and benefit society. Submit proposals by Dec 2:

Now, Copilot can write code using the latest LLM models and let you preview it directly in a Copilot Page, enabling rich, immersive experiences—with zero coding skills required. Learn more:

So many new Copilot updates this month. Here are some I can't stop using.

DFT er en metode for å modellere hvordan elektroner oppfører seg i naturlige og tekniske materialer. Microsoft lanserer Skala, en KI-modell som gjør dette raskere og mer presist. Det handler om å forstå verden dypere – og gjøre den bedre.

Say hello to GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot & Copilot Studio. Whether you’re looking for fast, fluent responses, or deep, reasoned analyses, Copilot can adapt to how you work. Get started today: https://t.co/CNrfq2zrtP

GPT-5 is now available in Copilot! Use Smart Mode to get the best AI system to date across all Copilot markets and surfaces. Free to try, right now.

We just wrapped our earnings call. It was a very strong close to our fiscal year. A few highlights:

Big milestone for the future of quantum computing. We are delivering the world's first operational deployment of a Level 2 quantum computer, powered by our stack and in partnership with @Atom_Computing. Congrats to EIFO, @novonordiskfond, and QuNorth. https://t.co/vR3TbB4i4i

Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future—it’s personal. It’s shaping how we live, work, and connect with the world around us. That’s why today we’re launching two new organizations: Microsoft Elevate and the AI Economy Institute. Microsoft Elevate unites

Microsoft announces new European digital commitments

Starting today, we’re bringing computer use agent capabilities to Copilot Studio – enabling anyone to build agents that take action on the UI across both desktop and web apps. Excited to see what this unlocks!

Hvordan kan vi bekjempe barnefattigdom, styrke fellesskapene og gi alle barn bedre livssjanser? I denne kronikken deler jeg perspektiver og løsninger. Les, del gjerne dine synspunkter og og bli med på å løfte samtalen!

The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan. Very amusing and shrewdly right from Janan Ganesh: https://t.co/Iq4D5AhAYM via @financialtimes

Cheers, AI drinking it or not, this 50th anniversary is worth celebrating 🥂 Half a century of innovation shaping a world of ever more opportunities 🌎🌍🌏

«To be incomplete is the best way to be harmonious» (Hugo, V. 1862) & «We hope to see a Europe where men of every country will think of being a European as of belonging to their native land, and... wherever they go in this wide domain... will truly feel, Here I am at home» (1877)

«AI is reshaping the nature of work and the future of jobs. This mirrors the lessons from prior industrial revolutions.» Read this insightful program and timely call for political leadership and collective action to help secure the future we want, based on the values we cherish.

Every general-purpose technology creates new opportunity across the economy. But it requires companies and countries to invest in new infrastructure and equip people with the right skills. And that’s what we are doing in this AI era, starting in the US.

Microsoft and Atom Computing are coming together to ultimately build the world’s most powerful quantum machine. Learn more on how we are advancing the future of quantum computing: https://t.co/Q6sI09NGIK #AzureQuantum #MSIgnite

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