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Google says Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but search-quality issues got in the way

Apple's head of services, Eddy Cue, felt that Microsoft was not investing nearly as much as Google when it came to search advertising.
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Microsoft brings Copilot AI assistant to small businesses and launches a premium tier for individuals

Expanding access can help expose more of Microsoft's end users to generative artificial intelligence and recoup data center infrastructure investments
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Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month

Microsoft sees 2024 as the year of the artificial intelligence personal computer. A new key on Surface PCs and other devices might help.
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Microsoft is bringing its Copilot chatbot to Windows 10

The Copilot came to Windows 11 first. Soon Microsoft will start testing it on the more widely used Windows 10, which loses support in less than two years.
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Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Microsoft has moved to stop its workers from using a tool that runs on its cloud infrastructure, from a company it has invested in.
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Microsoft starts selling its Copilot AI tool for email and documents

The Microsoft 365 Copilot might give Microsoft over $10 billion in annualized revenue by 2026. That assumes just 18% of eligible users sign up.
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Microsoft releases big Windows 11 update with Copilot AI assistant included

Microsoft is bringing an artificial intelligence assistant to its next-generation PC operating system. It might prove more informative than Siri on the Mac.
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Microsoft to sell 365 Copilot software to large companies starting Nov. 1

Some small businesses have begun testing Microsoft 365 Copilot, which can help corporate workers compose documents and find information from email.
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Microsoft projected that over 10% of gaming revenue would come from ads and mobile transactions in 2030

Completing the Activision Blizzard deal that includes King would help Microsoft gain in advertising and mobile purchases
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Microsoft product chief Panos Panay is leaving the company

Panos Panay has been the person promoting Microsoft's Surface products to consumers and corporate workers. Surface has failed to gain market leadership.