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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X that AI's 'trust architecture' needs rethinking, proposing that models be separated from the systems that orchestrate their actions. He called for tamper-proof logs of every significant model action and for a mechanism allowing an authorized person to pause or shut down a model at any point mid-task.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X calling for advanced AI models to include containment measures, independent human controls, and an 'emergency brake' allowing authorized people to pause or shut down a model mid-task. He said frontier AI models, whether closed or open weight, should be treated like insider risks and surrounded with deterministic system design and industry standards. Nadella listed principles including model diversity, observability, continuous testing, auditability and incident disclosure.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X that AI systems should no longer be treated as opaque 'black boxes' whose outputs are simply trusted or rejected. He called for containment mechanisms, including an 'emergency brake' that lets an authorized person pause or shut down a model mid-task, plus incident disclosure, independent audits and verifiable data. Nadella said more advanced models will need standardized, more advanced containment technologies.
Microsoft has told IT administrators that security certificates used by Windows Update services will expire on preset dates, and devices that don't install specific updates beforehand will lose access to future updates. Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 certificates expire June 19, 2027, requiring the September 2025 update or later; other supported Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2022 versions share that expiration but need the July 2026 update. LTSB/LTSC releases of Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 and Windows Server 2016/2019 face an earlier May 17, 2027 cutoff.
Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a model built specifically for decision-scoring tasks like routing, classification, prioritization, verification, and workflow control. It is available now through Microsoft Foundry, with OpenRouter access coming soon. Microsoft reports the model topped a 36-benchmark comparison covering nearly 150,000 questions, running 4.5 times faster than the runner-up, Quyet-1.0-Large, and 35 times faster than GPT-6 Sol.
Amazon announced it will stop requiring non-disclosure agreements when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following Microsoft's similar policy change earlier this year. The move comes amid growing community opposition to AI infrastructure projects, which has produced hundreds of proposed or enacted moratoriums in places ranging from New York to San Francisco.
The Trump administration temporarily barred Microsoft, Adobe, and outsourcing firms Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini from using the Perm program to sponsor foreign workers for permanent US residency. Vice-president JD Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the H-1B visa system more than any other company, saying it replaced American workers with foreign labour, while the Labor Department's inspector-general said subpoenas had been issued and investigations were under way.
Microsoft is changing cloud storage rules for Microsoft 365 Family, Premium, and Pro subscribers, replacing the current 1TB-per-user allotment with a single shared 2TB pool for all users on a plan. The change applies at subscription renewal after May 2, 2027, and some users may receive bonus storage when switched, though Microsoft hasn't detailed eligibility. For a six-person family plan, this cuts total available storage by roughly two-thirds.
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that Microsoft and Adobe have been suspended from the H-1B visa program. Vance accused the companies, among others, of abusing the system to hire cheaper foreign labor. The move follows other Trump administration actions targeting alleged misuse of H-1B visas.
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that Microsoft and Adobe have been suspended from participating in the H-1B visa program. The move comes amid accusations that these and other companies have misused the visa system to hire foreign workers at lower wages, and follows broader Trump administration efforts to restrict H-1B visa practices.
President Trump has voiced support for legislation that would force major credit-card networks to open up to more competition, a measure the banking industry has long resisted. Separately, Vice President Vance said the U.S. will suspend Microsoft and other companies from a green-card sponsorship program, and reports flagged a rising number of safety incidents involving rogue pilots.
Microsoft has rolled out a new version of Windows 11's Search feature, rebuilt on the WinUI 3 API for better performance. The update merges search results and previews into one unified list, improves typo and synonym recognition, and adds rich inline previews for things like weather and facts pulled from the web. A new "inline actions" capability also lets users toggle settings and perform quick system tasks directly from the search box.