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Microsoft disrupted an AI-assisted platform called EvilTokens that compromised 12,000 accounts. The platform provided an end-to-end service that made mass compromises faster and easier.
Microsoft and the University of Illinois built StudentSim, which replicates individual students from limited data to give AI tutors fast, low-cost feedback. In tests with 60 students across chess, English, and math, it outperformed GPT-5.4, and a chess tutor trained with it earned the highest expert ratings among…
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately described OpenAI's data practices as theft while both companies scraped paywalled Times content and built datasets from it. Internal warnings said the practice would gut publishers.
Microsoft AI published a code of conduct for its MAI models that prioritizes human control over autonomy and performance. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the company rejects claims of artificial inner life or consciousness for its models.
Microsoft introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security model that scores 96 percent on the CyberGym benchmark within its MDASH multi-agent system. Microsoft says costs drop about 50 percent versus frontier models since only tough cases go to GPT-5.4.
Microsoft released a Fantasy Premier League Companion tool for managers. The post announcing it appeared on Microsoft's Source blog.