AI & LLMs
Microsoft-Decision-1 model scores choices, not text
Microsoft-Decision-1 returns a probability for each fixed option instead of writing text. It costs $0.042 per million input tokens in Microsoft Foundry.
Azure news and analysis
Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform. Coverage tracks its custom AI chips, models served through Azure, developer tools such as Copilot code review in Azure Repos, and how Microsoft reports Azure revenue, with what each change costs customers.
AI & LLMs
Microsoft Maia 300 chip aims for 40% more tokens per watt
Microsoft unveiled Maia 300, its third-generation AI chip. It expects 40% more tokens per watt than leading GPU-based systems, with deployments in 2027.
Dev Stack
GitHub Copilot code review comes to Azure Repos, billed per review
Copilot code review is now open to every Azure DevOps customer. Each review burns GitHub AI credits at $0.01 apiece, and budgets only notify, they don't block.
Tech Industry
Microsoft discloses Azure's $29.4B quarterly revenue
Microsoft will report Azure's exact quarterly revenue for the first time and redraw what counts as Azure starting fiscal 2027. Q4 alone was $29.4 billion.
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