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Mistral’s new reasoning model aims to take on OpenAI’s offerings like o3 and o4-mini, and DeepSeek’s R1.

Microsoft's latest Copilot update continues to brew controversy as AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman highlights plans to evolve it into a virtual companion that fosters lasting and meaningful relationships.

News sparks speculation Microsoft will go multi-model with other AI products.

Copilot is getting its biggest redesign and new features.

Microsoft has an AI Super Bowl commercial ready.

On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that:

Microsoft has signed the world’s first-ever deal to purchase fusion energy. The company has agreed to buy 50 megawatts of energy per year from Washington sta...

The company has set an example in the fight against carbon – but it retains ties to obstructionist groups

A group of temporary workers at Microsoft contractor Lionbridge has signed its first union contract, a rare feat in a technology industry typically unfriendly to organized labor. But the deal, sealed after almost two years of contentions talks, comes at...

The race to decarbonize is making growing trees popular because its a cheaper, but carbon capture tech needs to be scaled up, says Microsoft in Nature article.

As the company tries to navigate the small-but-growing carbon removal market, its learned what needs to happen to scale.

Trellis Group, formerly GreenBiz Group, empowers professional communities to confront the climate crisis while building a regenerative, prosperous and just economy that supports life in all its richness, diversity and beauty. We achieve this through our industry leading events, peer network, digital media and non-profit.

Microsoft launched significant healthcare products in the last year and deepened existing partnerships to support healthcare providers during the pandemic.

It's unclear what prompted Microsoft to tie bonuses to integrity, but it generally tries to establish itself as a leader in tech-industry ethics.

Satya Nadella said companies like Microsoft should measure their success on the benefits they create for wider society, rather than their profits.

Recent key hires, products, and partnerships suggest Microsoft is making healthcare a priority. Here are the people driving the effort.

Microsoft has been the biggest winner from stock market investment into environmental, social, and governance-oriented (ESG) funds, according to financial data company EPFR. The Windows creator is among the tech giants benefitting as savers increasingly prioritize climate and social concerns when investing.

“We don’t yet know which predictions about the climate will be most accurate, nor what effects we have failed to consider. But there is no denying the direction we are heading. Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change.”—BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

A lot went wrong in 2018, so much that it was easy to lose sight of global improvements in the midst of incessant bad news. But while it may be hard to believe, 2018 was in many ways the best year yet to be a human living on Earth.