Microsoft News - April 23, 2026
Microsoft Pivots Xbox Strategy to Active Players, Moving Beyond Console Sales
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty established daily active players as the division's new primary metric. This strategy shifts focus...
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5 Model, Driving New Superapp Strategy
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 to paid users of ChatGPT and the Codex platform. The model, internally codenamed Spud, represents the company's first fully retrained...
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, boosting agentic intelligence at a higher price
OpenAI released GPT-5.5, its most advanced AI model to date. The model maintains the processing speed of GPT-5.4 while offering increased intelligence for...
Microsoft launches first voluntary retirement program, prioritizing AI infrastructure
Microsoft introduced its first voluntary retirement program for U.S.-based employees. The offer targets workers at the senior director level and below whose...
360 Digital AI Detects 1,000 New Vulnerabilities, Impacting Microsoft Office
360 Digital Security Group identified nearly 1,000 previously unknown software vulnerabilities using its AI-powered Vulnerability Discovery Agent. The firm...
OpenAI launches free ChatGPT for Clinicians, targeting administrative medical tasks
OpenAI released ChatGPT for Clinicians to assist with medical documentation and research. The company offers the tool for free to verified physicians, nurse...
Microsoft invests AU$25 billion in Australia, its largest-ever national commitment
Microsoft announced its largest-ever investment in Australia, committing AU$25 billion (US$17.9 billion) by 2029. The funds will expand Azure AI supercomputing...