Microsoft introduced the Copilot+ PC concept and the first Surface Copilot+ PCs. Reality, however, didn’t live up to those expectations.

The move follows a smaller round of performance-based layoffs in January and marks a shift from the aggressive hiring of the pandemic years.

In what is considered Microsoft' s largest round of layoffs since 2023, the company decided to fire 6,000 employees, which makes up about 3% of its workforce. A director of AI who has been impacted has taken to X to share about the “bittersweet news”. In her post, she recalled that the employees who were fired were “asked to stop work immediately”.

Microsoft Research continues to collaborate with the global research community to drive breakthroughs in AI and push boundaries of what’s possible to extend human capability, create value, and deliver broad societal benefit.

Microsoft's AI director revealed that the laid-off employees were asked to stop working immediately and set an out-of-office message.

Microsoft showcases custom AI tools to cut costs and boost productivity. Here's what else happened in business tech that could affect your company.

Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers free AI lessons for beginners and pros, as well as prizes to win and discounts to check out. Register now for free access through May 28th.

SAS and Microsoft expand their AI partnership, launching decision-making tools and previewing quantum AI’s potential at SAS Innovate 2025.

AI is essential to building world-class cybersecurity capabilities for our customers. We are proud that AI is infused across our technology and our product stack,” Ling said. There’s a big event coming up you don’t want to miss that will deeply explore the intersection of AI and cybersecurity: the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Cyber Summit.

Microsoft says that it's embracing Google's recently launched open protocol, Agent2Agent, for allowing AI 'agents' to communicate with each other.

While the company might be pulling back some of its investments in the infrastructure that makes it run, Microsoft remains, at least publicly, intensely focused on AI and Copilot. The company's annual Microsoft Build developer conference runs from May 19 to 22 and typically touches on all of the company's various platforms,