Microsoft Unveils New AI Chip With TSMC and OpenAI
Microsoft has introduced Maia 200, a new AI chip built with TSMC and designed to power GPT-5.2 and Microsoft 365 Copilot, promising faster, more efficient AI performance.
A Large Language Model (LLM) is an advanced type of artificial intelligence system trained on vast amounts of text data to understand and generate human-like language. Using deep learning architectures – most commonly transformer networks – LLMs can perform tasks such as writing, summarizing, translating, answering questions, and reasoning with context. These models learn patterns in grammar, semantics, and facts from their training data, allowing them to produce coherent and contextually relevant responses. Well-known examples include ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, which power chatbots, content tools, and enterprise AI solutions. As LLMs grow in size and capability, they raise new opportunities for productivity and creativity, along with challenges around accuracy, bias, and transparency.
Microsoft has introduced Maia 200, a new AI chip built with TSMC and designed to power GPT-5.2 and Microsoft 365 Copilot, promising faster, more efficient AI performance.
OpenAI is on track to unveil its first consumer device in the second half of 2026, signaling a major expansion beyond software as the company explores a new category of AI-native hardware.
Apple introduced Apple Creator Studio, a subscription bundle combining professional creative apps with new AI-driven features across video, music, imaging, and productivity tools. The offering expands Apple’s push into intelligent software workflows for creators.
Apple will rely on Google’s Gemini models and cloud infrastructure to power future artificial intelligence features, including Siri. The multi-year partnership supports Apple’s next generation of foundation models.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants will discontinue remote exams from March 2026, citing rising misconduct linked to AI tools. Most candidates will return to in-person test centers.
OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness to study emerging risks tied to rapidly advancing AI models, including mental health impacts and cybersecurity threats. The move reflects rising concern over how frontier capabilities could be misused as models grow more powerful.
Chinese generative AI startups MiniMax and Zhipu AI have disclosed their financials ahead of potential Hong Kong listings, highlighting modest revenues and mounting losses compared with U.S. peers.
Zoom introduced AI Companion 3.0, a federated AI solution integrating internal and third-party models to streamline meetings, documents, and personal workflows. The update adds agentic AI features, a web interface, and enhanced productivity tools.
Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal allowing Sora to generate fan-inspired short videos featuring over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters.
ChatGPT now reaches more than 800 million weekly users, creating a powerful adoption flywheel that is speeding the transition from AI experimentation to full-scale enterprise deployment, according to OpenAI’s new 2025 report.