Microsoft began validating Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72 system

Microsoft paper finds LLMs corrupt ~25% of documents during long editing sessions

Released World-R1 framework for text-to-video alignment with 3D physics using reinforcement learning.

Microsoft releases Playwright MCP server for AI web agent interaction using accessibility tree

Released TRELLIS.2, a 4B parameter open-source 3D generation model

Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees to fund AI compute and model development

Launched 'Personal Computer' feature for Mac app to orchestrate local files and applications securely.

Imposed strict usage caps on Pro subscription (20 Deep Research/month, 200 search/week)

Launched live personal money analyzer via Plaid integration, enabling queries on user transaction data.

Pivoted business model from AI-native search to monetizable AI agents.