Releases

Microsoft Ignite 2026 is scheduled for November 17–20 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, with an online digital experience focused on AI, cloud and enterprise technology.

Microsoft forms CoreAI – Platform and Tools under Jay Parikh, combining developer, AI platform, supercomputing and agent-runtime teams.

Microsoft says it is on track to invest approximately $80 billion during fiscal 2025 in AI-enabled datacenters for training models and deploying AI applications.

Microsoft publishes the second version of its Responsible AI Standard and supporting transparency materials.

Microsoft spins Xiaoice into an independent company while retaining an investment interest.

Microsoft organizes Project Turing to develop large language models shared across Bing, Office, Dynamics and Azure.

Microsoft creates the AI and Research Group, combining research, information-platform and AI product teams under Harry Shum.

Microsoft takes the Tay social chatbot offline after coordinated abuse caused it to produce offensive content, prompting a public review of safeguards and social-AI deployment.

Microsoft establishes Microsoft Research to pursue long-term computer-science research, including speech, vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft, beginning the company that would later build a broad AI research, cloud and product portfolio.