Microsoft’s cybersecurity business is developing more artificial intelligence (AI) security products, cutting back on some of its more traditional security products, and consolidating engineering teams, which has led to several hundred layoffs, The Information reported Wednesday (July 15), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete...
Microsoft is intensifying its competitive strategy against artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
Microsoft has begun using its own MAI artificial intelligence models rather than those of OpenAI and Anthropicto complete prompts in its spreadsheet and email applications, Excel and Outlook, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 7), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Microsoft is eliminating 4,800 positions, representing approximately 2.1% of its global workforce, as the software giant navigates a broader shift toward artificial intelligence (AI) and seeks to stabilize underperforming hardware and gaming segments, CNBC reported Monday (July 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
February 09, 2026
One of the underplayed areas of The Prompt Economy is the supply chain. But new developments around procurement and logistics have brought agentic AI to the fore in this area with a promise that bottlenecks in the last mile can be smoothed by this technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this […]
January 13, 2026
With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s intersection with retail. If there’s...
December 22, 2025
Agentic AI is often portrayed as a ‘wait-and-see’ game. As PYMNTS Intelligence data shows, CFOs have expressed their curiosity and a limited amount of trust, but they’ve yet to take...
November 24, 2025
The Prompt Economy was visited by some controversy this past week. Microsoft introduced new agentic AI features to Windows 11, which is usually a cause for sustained applause from the...
July 21, 2026
Microsoft and Mistral have expanded their partnership to offer organizations across Europe and other regulated markets access to frontier artificial intelligence together with the ability to retain control over their data, operations and critical workloads. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content […]
July 15, 2026
Microsoft’s cybersecurity business is developing more artificial intelligence (AI) security products, cutting back on some of its more traditional security products, and consolidating engineering teams, which has led to several...
July 15, 2026
Microsoft is intensifying its competitive strategy against artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
July 07, 2026
Microsoft has begun using its own MAI artificial intelligence models rather than those of OpenAI and Anthropicto complete prompts in its spreadsheet and email applications, Excel and Outlook, Bloomberg reported...
