Microsoft adds Anthropic AI to Copilot 365 — after claiming OpenAI's GPT-4 model is "too slow and expensive"

There have been signs indicating that Microsoft is looking beyond OpenAI, with multiple reports highlighting its plans to ...
PCMag

Microsoft Brings Anthropic's AI Models to Copilot 365

Amid reports of strains with OpenAI, Microsoft has branched out to Anthropic as its next Copilot AI partner. Claude models ...
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These two Excel functions make stacking data from multiple sheets too easy

The VSTACK and HSTACK functions enable efficient data combination from multiple sheets while maintaining dynamic ...
The Conversation

Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack of safety data − here’s why medical research cuts will make it worse

Almut Winterstein consults on medication safety issues to Merck, Syneos, Lykos and Novo Nordisk. She receives funding for pregnancy-related research from NIH, CDC, FDA, and the Gates Foundation. Sonja ...
Geeky Gadgets

MS Excel Copilot Beginners Guide : How to Make Data Analysis Effortless in 2025

Imagine opening Excel and no longer needing to wrestle with complex formulas or spend hours manually analyzing data. What if you could simply type a question, like “What are the top-performing ...
Wall Street Journal

The Race to Dethrone Excel Has a New Entrant

There is a new contender in the startup race to challenge Microsoft Excel’s stranglehold on the world of spreadsheets. San Francisco-based Paradigm said Monday it’s launching its artificial ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas redistricting map: How the GOP could increase its stronghold

Texas lawmakers redrew congressional districts in a partisan bid to give Republicans five additional U.S. House seats. The move set off a bipartisan war across the U.S. The Texas Legislature redrew ...
Searchenginejournal.com

ChatGPT-5 Now Connects To Gmail, Calendar, And Contacts

OpenAI announced that it has added connectors to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts for ChatGPT Plus users, enabling ChatGPT to use data from those apps within ChatGPT chats. A connector is a ...
Reuters

Google agrees to curb power use for AI data centers to ease strain on US grid when demand surges

NEW YORK, August 4 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of surging demand on ...
Newsweek

Texas Data Centers Use 50 Billion Gallons of Water as State Faces Drought

Two data centers in San Antonio have used 463 million gallons of water in the past two years. The Alamo City facilities, owned by Microsoft and the Army Corps, have drained water from the surrounding ...
MIT Technology Review

Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less

Unlike the West, where universities are still agonizing over how students use AI in their work, top universities in China are going all in. Just two years ago, Lorraine He, now a 24-year-old law ...
The New York Times

What to Know About the Hack at Tea, an App Where Women Share Red Flags About Men

A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app for women to share details of men they might date. By Isabella Kwai A fast-growing app for women was hacked ...