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ChatGPT Reaches 1.2B Weekly Users, Search Volume at 20% of Google’s OpenAI disclosed that ChatGPT now handles search-like queries at a volume equivalent to roughly 20% of Google’s, with 1.2 billion weekly active users. The figure is OpenAI’s own estimate, not an independent audit. Even discounted for methodology, the direction is clear: AI-native query interfaces …

Anthropic Warns Its AI Could Soon Improve Itself Claude’s next assignment: help build the colleague who replaces it. Anthropic warns future AI models could dramatically accelerate AI development, potentially outpacing the company’s own safety checks. Its updated Nov. 2 SEC filing notes that this milestone may be imminent, though no current model has officially been …

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Summary Power Pages version 9.8.9.x hotfix is being deployed for Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Power Pages websites. The update includes critical bug fixes and an updated website host, with no solution update required. All Power Pages websites in the tenant will be updated automatically. During the maintenance window, the Portal Management page in the Power …

Summary Power Pages version 9.8.9.x hotfix is being deployed for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Pages websites. The update includes critical bug fixes, an updated website host, and does not include a solution update. All Power Pages websites in the tenant will be updated automatically; the Portal Management page in Power Platform admin center will be …

Summary Microsoft will enforce the existing “Move data across region” setting for environments using Copilot and generative AI features that require cross-region processing. Affected environments in your tenant may lose access to some Copilot/gen AI capabilities if the setting remains disabled. Administrators should review each impacted environment in the Power Platform admin center and enable …

Summary Teams is expanding the Invite to register experience for Teams events that have registration enabled. Organizers can email selected people a registration link for public, organization-wide, and audience-restricted events. For public and organization-wide events, invitations do not change who is eligible to register. For events limited to specific people and groups, the selected audience …

Summary Power Automate’s “Describe it to design it” capability will reach end of support, so makers can no longer create new cloud flows using natural-language descriptions. Existing flows are not deleted or moved; makers can continue to edit them in the visual designer and start new flows from templates. The change affects Power Automate makers …

Summary Intelligent call delegation is moving from Frontier public preview to Microsoft Teams public preview and remains an AI-based call screening/context assistant. The feature can also schedule follow-up appointments through Microsoft Bookings integration. Tenants that used the feature in Frontier preview and tenants planning to use it in Ring 3.6 public preview are affected. Public …

Summary Microsoft Defender RBAC is becoming the single permissions model for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel portal experiences. Existing legacy roles will be automatically imported into the new RBAC model so admins can review and adjust role assignments before activation. After activation, portal authorization will use Defender RBAC by default; legacy role assignments will no …