Emerging Technology – Computerworld

With its latest layoffs, Microsoft goes all in on AI

…And Xbox takes the hit.

By Preston Gralla

Jul 14, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT StrategyMicrosoft

OpenClaw becomes a nonprofit foundation as it seeks to be ‘the Switzerland of AI’

By Evan Schuman

Jul 13, 20268 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AINonprofits

Meta launches low-cost Muse Spark 1.1 as enterprise AI spending comes under scrutiny

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jul 10, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work as it broadens GPT-5.6 rollout

By Gyana Swain

Jul 10, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIProductivity Software

Articles

SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, touts lower coding-task costs than AI rivals

Benchmark estimates put Grok 4.5 at $2.49 per coding task versus $5.07 for GPT-5.5 in Codex and $11.80 for Fable 5 in Claude Code; analysts say real-world enterprise testing remains key.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Jul 9, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperGenerative AI

The next killer AI feature? No AI at all

As artificial intelligence creeps into every corner of our lives, an absence of AI may soon be a premium experience worth paying for.

By JR Raphael

Jul 9, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGoogleProductivity Software

OpenAI to release delayed models Thursday amidst a sea of regulatory confusion

After the administration initially requested restriction of access to the models, a US government statement now says that no permission for their release was ever required.

By Evan Schuman

Jul 8, 2026 7 mins

Generative AIGovernmentLaws and Regulations

Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models

The company has reportedly begun phasing out models from OpenAI and Anthropic for certain tasks.

By Viktor Eriksson

Jul 8, 2026 1 min

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIMicrosoft

Physical AI will see the fusion of robotics and AI transform the world

By tether

Jul 9, 2026 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence

A brewing battle: More IT workers want unions. The industry doesn’t.

Rising anger over widespread layoffs, disillusionment with Big Tech, and threats of mass displacement by AI have tech pros taking a good, hard look at unions.

By Robert Mitchell

Jul 8, 2026 16 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT JobsTechnology Industry

Anthropic shines a light into the Claude AI black hole

New visibility into why a model acts as it does could reshape enterprise AI strategy, especially when developing purchase criteria.

By Evan Schuman

Jul 8, 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT StrategyRisk Management

Talk, talk, talk: The rise of AI dictation tools at work

The use of large language models has made it easier for dictation software to quickly deliver better results. Is that enough to push the technology into common use in the office?

By Matthew Finnegan

Jul 7, 2026 12 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIVoice Assistants

Microsoft bets that enterprise AI needs engineers, not bigger sales teams

As the company trims thousands of jobs, it’s also investing in embedded engineering teams; CIOs should expect this shift to reshape customer support, implementation, and partner engagement.

By Taryn Plumb

Jul 6, 2026 6 mins

BusinessEnterpriseMarkets

6 ways to make AI accountability stick

Forward-thinking IT leaders are redesigning ownership, observability, and operational controls to make accountability enforceable.

By Pat Brans

Jul 6, 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIIT Strategy

Meta’s AI chief says new Muse Spark update will sharpen coding, agentic AI

Alexandr Wang said the upcoming Muse Spark update will significantly improve coding and agentic capabilities, while analysts say the model could give enterprises a lower-cost alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jul 3, 2026 3 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

Microsoft and Amazon devote billions of dollars to thousands of FDEs

The tech giants will embed their engineers directly into customer teams, challenging decades of dominance by systems integrators in enterprise technology deployments.

By Taryn Plumb

Jul 2, 2026 7 mins

Amazon Web ServicesIaaSMicrosoft

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Office meets genAI and agents

As Microsoft yanks back free Copilot access in Office apps for its largest customers, IT leaders face a choice: Pay premium or lose in-app AI integration. Here is the 2026 roadmap for M365 Copilot pricing, features, and more.

By Dan Muse and Matthew Finnegan

Jul 2, 2026 13 mins

Generative AIMicrosoft 365Microsoft Office