Releases
153 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
May 20245
May 21, 2024
Phi-3 Medium becomes generally availableOpen weights
Microsoft releases Phi-3 Medium for higher-capability small-model workloads.
May 20, 2024Aurora foundation model introducedResearch paper
Microsoft Research introduces Aurora, a foundation model for weather and atmospheric forecasting across multiple environmental domains.
May 20, 2024Phi Silica announced for Copilot+ PCsModel release
Microsoft introduces Phi Silica, an on-device small language model optimized for Windows neural processing units.
May 20, 2024Recall announced for Copilot+ PCsAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft announces Recall, an on-device searchable visual history for Copilot+ PCs with user privacy controls.
May 20, 2024Copilot+ PCs announcedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Copilot+ PCs with neural processing units and a new generation of on-device AI experiences.
April 20244
Apr 29, 2024GitHub Copilot Workspace enters technical previewProduct launch
GitHub opens a technical preview of Copilot Workspace, an agentic environment for moving from issues to plans and implementations.
Apr 23, 2024Phi-3 Mini released as an open modelOpen weights
Microsoft releases Phi-3 Mini, a 3.8-billion-parameter model designed for capable language and reasoning on constrained devices.
Apr 16, 2024Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in G42 AI partnershipPartnership
Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in G42 and expands a strategic partnership covering Azure, responsible AI, infrastructure and emerging-market deployments.
Apr 1, 2024Microsoft Security Copilot becomes generally availableProduct launch
Security Copilot becomes generally available with integrations across Microsoft's security portfolio.
March 20243
Mar 19, 2024Microsoft licenses Inflection AI technology and hires team membersPartnership
Microsoft enters an AI licensing arrangement with Inflection and hires Mustafa Suleyman, Karén Simonyan and members of the Inflection team to build Microsoft AI.
Mar 19, 2024Microsoft forms Microsoft AI organizationLeadership change
Microsoft forms the Microsoft AI organization focused on Copilot and consumer AI, appointing Mustafa Suleyman as EVP and CEO and Karén Simonyan as Chief Scientist.
Mar 18, 2024Microsoft and NVIDIA expand generative-AI integrationsPartnership
Microsoft and NVIDIA expand integrations across Azure AI, NVIDIA NIM, Omniverse and enterprise generative-AI infrastructure.
February 20242
Feb 27, 2024GitHub Copilot Enterprise becomes generally availableProduct launch
GitHub launches Copilot Enterprise with codebase-aware assistance and GitHub.com integration.
Feb 26, 2024Microsoft partners with Mistral AIPartnership
Microsoft announces a multiyear partnership and €15 million investment in Mistral AI, bringing its models to Azure AI.
December 20232
Dec 12, 2023Phi-2 releasedOpen weights
Microsoft releases Phi-2, a 2.7-billion-parameter small language model with strong reasoning and language performance.
Dec 1, 2023Microsoft Copilot exits previewProduct launch
Microsoft Copilot becomes generally available with commercial data protection for eligible users.
November 20236
Nov 20, 2023Orca 2 research models releasedResearch paper
Microsoft Research releases Orca 2 in 7B and 13B sizes, training smaller models to use different reasoning strategies.
Nov 15, 2023Azure Maia 100 AI accelerator introducedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Maia 100, its first custom AI accelerator for Azure training and inference workloads.
Nov 15, 2023Copilot for Azure announcedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Copilot for Azure to help customers design, operate and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure using natural language.
Nov 15, 2023Microsoft Copilot Studio launchedProduct launch
Microsoft launches Copilot Studio as the low-code platform for customizing Microsoft Copilot and building standalone copilots.
Nov 15, 2023Bing Chat is renamed Microsoft CopilotProduct launch
Microsoft renames Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise to Microsoft Copilot and expands commercial data protection.
Nov 1, 2023Microsoft 365 Copilot becomes generally availableProduct launch
Microsoft 365 Copilot becomes generally available to enterprise customers across productivity applications and Microsoft 365 Chat.
October 20232
Oct 17, 2023Azure AI Content Safety becomes generally availableProduct launch
Microsoft makes Azure AI Content Safety generally available for detecting harmful content in text and images.
Oct 3, 2023AutoGen open-source multi-agent framework releasedSDK release
Microsoft Research releases AutoGen, a framework for building applications with conversing and collaborating AI agents.
September 20231
Sep 28, 2023DAX Copilot announced for ambient clinical documentationProduct launch
Microsoft and Nuance introduce DAX Copilot, combining ambient clinical intelligence with generative AI for automated documentation.