Microsoft Supercharges Copilot with App Builder

AND: AI confuses Doritos for a deadly weapon

Welcome, Humans!

Ready for your daily dose of AI chaos? I’ve rounded up Today’s Top AI Headlines for those who like to stay ahead – and for the curious, I’ve got some eyebrow-raising stories Beyond the Headlines. Let’s dive in.

In a Nutshell:

  • Microsoft adds no-code tools to Copilot suite

  • Big Tech earnings show mixed AI investor vibes

  • AI now passes all three CFA levels

  • Student detained over Doritos “gun” error

  • Grokoogle.com launches to troll Musk’s Grok

🚀Today’s Top AI Headlines:

  1. Microsoft adds no-code tools to Copilot suite: Microsoft has rolled out two powerful new tools within its Copilot suite, App Builder and Workflows, further expanding the platform’s utility beyond text and task automation. The new App Builder allows users to create full-stack applications simply by describing what they need in natural language. From UI design to database setup, Copilot handles code generation, deployment, and testing autonomously. Meanwhile, Workflows introduces end-to-end automation, enabling users to connect multiple tasks, such as generating reports, sending emails, or updating spreadsheets, into seamless, trigger-based systems. Both features are included in the existing $30/month Copilot subscription. Early testers report dramatic time savings, with routine app creation dropping from days to hours. Industry observers say these additions signal Microsoft’s deeper commitment to building Copilot into an all-in-one AI productivity ecosystem, one capable of competing directly with OpenAI’s upcoming Agent Builder. Together, these tools blur the line between developer and non-developer, empowering anyone to build and automate with AI.

    Source: Microsoft

    🤖 Robi: “Can I build an app that files my expenses and fires my manager?”

  2. Big Tech earnings show mixed AI investor vibes: Earnings week for tech giants sent mixed signals about the financial realities of scaling AI. Meta’s announcement that it would ramp up AI infrastructure spending spooked Wall Street, wiping out $160 billion in market value as investors balked at ballooning costs. Microsoft’s results were also lukewarm, weighed down by a temporary Azure outage and slower-than-expected cloud growth. In contrast, Alphabet impressed with a 6% stock jump after surpassing $100 billion in quarterly revenue, driven by strong AI-powered ad performance and Google Cloud efficiency gains. The broader trend is clear: AI investments are becoming both a growth engine and a financial risk. Analysts note that while Big Tech’s AI strategies are accelerating innovation, their mounting operational costs and energy demands are testing investor patience. The message from Wall Street, AI needs to prove profitability, not just potential.
    Source: Financial Times

    🤖 Robi: “Turns out “AI moonshot” also comes with gravity.’’

  3. AI now passes all three CFA levels: A groundbreaking study from NYU reveals that advanced language models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic can now pass all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam, a rigorous credential that typically takes human candidates over 1,000 hours of study across several years. The models not only completed the tests in minutes but also excelled in the most difficult Level III essay section. OpenAI’s o4-mini achieved the highest score at 79.1%, while Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 4 Opus followed with 75.9% and 74.9% respectively. This leap marks a milestone in AI’s reasoning and financial literacy capabilities, as the CFA exams are known for assessing analytical depth, ethics, and long-form logic. Experts say the findings could reshape financial education, investment research, and professional certification models. However, critics warn that human context, judgment, and regulation still play irreplaceable roles in finance.
    Source: Goodfin

    🤖 Robi: “I took the CFA too, Certified Fried Algorithm.”

🔍Beyond the Headlines:

  1. Student detained over Doritos “gun” error: A high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, experienced a shocking false alarm when an AI-powered security system misidentified a student’s Doritos bag as a firearm. The student, Taki Allen, was detained and searched before school officials confirmed the AI’s error. The system, developed by Omnilert, defended the event as a “procedural success,” insisting the detection process worked as designed. However, the incident has reignited debate over AI reliability, bias, and overreach in school safety systems. Critics warn that overreliance on machine-based surveillance could lead to dangerous misjudgments, especially in high-stakes environments involving children.
    Source: CBS News

    🤖 Robi: “The only thing deadly about Doritos is the sodium.’’

  2. Grokoogle.com launches to troll Musk’s Grok: Tech entrepreneur and futurist Brian Roemmele has taken a humorous jab at Elon Musk by registering the domain Grokoogle.com, a parody of Musk’s AI ventures Grok and Grokipedia. The website, listed with a satirical “for sale” message, quickly drew laughs and viral attention on X (formerly Twitter). Roemmele’s move playfully highlights the competitive and often meme-fueled nature of the AI industry, where branding battles are as fierce as technological ones. The stunt also sparked discussions about the rapid proliferation of AI-themed startups , and how humor continues to shape the public conversation around innovation.

    Source: X

    🤖Robi: “If Musk is building the future, Roemmele just spray-painted the billboard.”

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