News from Just Computers Kempston
Tech News : Microsoft’s Fake Marketplace Reveals AI Agents Still Struggle
Microsoft has built a synthetic online marketplace to stress test AI agents in realistic buying and selling scenarios, but the early results appear to have revealed how fragile even the most advanced models remain when faced with complex, competitive environments. Why Microsoft Built A Fake Marketplace Magentic Marketplace is Microsoft’s […]
Read the article >
Company Check : Microsoft’s ‘Humanist Superintelligence’ For Medical Diagnosis
Microsoft has launched a new research division called the MAI Superintelligence Team, aiming to build artificial intelligence systems that surpass human capability in specific fields, beginning with medical diagnostics. AI For “Superhuman” Performance in Defined Area The new team sits within Microsoft AI and is led by Mustafa Suleyman, the […]
Read the article >
Security Stop-Press: Cyber Attack Almost Wipes Out M&S Profits
Marks & Spencer has confirmed that a major cyber attack in April 2025 almost wiped out its half-year profits, cutting statutory profit before tax by 99 per cent, from £391.9 million to just £3.4 million. The retailer said the incident, linked to the DragonForce ransomware group and the Scattered Spider […]
Read the article >
Sustainability-in-Tech : UK’s First Renewable-Powered Sovereign AI Cloud
Argyll Data Development has signed a landmark deal with AI infrastructure company SambaNova to build the UK’s first sovereign AI cloud in Scotland, powered entirely by renewable energy, marking a major step towards sustainable data sovereignty and low-carbon artificial intelligence. Who Is Behind The Project? Two companies from opposite sides […]
Read the article >
Video Update : Make Your Own Agent in 365 CopPilot
Making your own agent is easier than ever with 365 CoPilot and this video gives you examples of what to use it for, as well as how to create the agent in the fist place. [Note – To Watch This Video without glitches/interruptions, It may be best to download it […]
Read the article >
Tech Tip: Attach Files from Cloud Storage in Outlook
Did you know you can attach files from OneDrive or SharePoint directly to your Outlook emails? This feature saves time and streamlines your workflow. To attach a file: – Compose a new email in Outlook. – Click on the “Attach File” button. – Select “Browse Cloud Locations”. – Choose OneDrive […]
Read the article >
Featured Article : World’s First $5 Trillion Company
Nvidia has become the first company in history to reach a $5 trillion market valuation, as investors bet that demand for its artificial intelligence chips will continue at record levels across global industries. Who Is Nvidi? Why Does It Matter? Nvidia began in the 1990s as a designer of graphics […]
Read the article >
Tech Insight : Brands Pay To Be Recommended By AI, Not Google
The Prompting Company has raised $6.5 million to help businesses get mentioned in AI-generated answers from tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, signalling a major shift in how people now discover products online. Who Is The Prompting Company? The Prompting Company is a young, Y Combinator-backed startup (Y Combinator is […]
Read the article >
News : Microsoft Accusedly Misleads Over Copilot Prices
Australian regulators have taken Microsoft to court, alleging the company misled around 2.7 million Microsoft 365 users by implying they had to accept a higher-priced AI-powered plan or cancel altogether, while failing to reveal a cheaper alternative that was still available. What Happened and Why? The case focuses on Microsoft’s […]
Read the article >
News : WhatsApp Introduces Passkey-Encrypted Backups
WhatsApp is rolling out passkey-encrypted backups, thereby letting users protect and recover their chat history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen lock instead of remembering a long password or storing a 64-digit recovery key. A Major Step in WhatsApp’s Encryption Journey WhatsApp has announced a new feature that allows […]
Read the article >
Company Check : OpenAI Completes Shift Into For-Profit Company
OpenAI has now finished converting itself into a for-profit public benefit corporation, while keeping a mission-led foundation on top, in what may be the most important restructuring so far in the commercial AI race. Started As Non-Profit OpenAI was originally founded (back in 2015) as a non-profit research lab with […]
Read the article >
Security Stop-Press: New AI Security Researcher ‘Aardvark’
OpenAI has introduced Aardvark, an autonomous security agent powered by GPT-5 that scans codebases to detect and fix software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Described as “an agentic security researcher,” Aardvark continuously analyses repositories, monitors commits, and tests code in sandboxed environments to validate real-world exploitability. It then proposes […]
Read the article >