Microsoft AI Updates: April 25, 2026

1. GitHub Copilot Makes GPT-5.5 Generally Available With 7.5x Premium Multiplier

Microsoft. GitHub announced general availability of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 inside Copilot for Pro+, Business, and Enterprise tiers, with model selection exposed across VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode, Eclipse, the Copilot CLI, and the github.com cloud agent. The launch arrived with a 7.5x premium request multiplier as promotional pricing and a gradual rollout, plus an admin policy that Business and Enterprise plans must enable to let users pick the model. Satya Nadella separately confirmed the same model is rolling out into Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Foundry the same day. Source

2. Microsoft Commits A$25 Billion to Expand Azure AI Capacity in Australia by 2029

Microsoft. Standing alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s largest-ever Australian commitment: A$25 billion (USD 18 billion) of capital and operating spend by end of 2029 to grow Azure AI supercomputing and cloud capacity in country by more than 140 percent, deploy advanced AI processors, and skill three million Australians by 2028. The package extends the Microsoft–Australian Signals Directorate Cyber Shield to additional federal agencies and adds a collaboration with the new Australian AI Safety Institute on testing companion-chatbot risks. The announcement was tied to the Sydney stop of Microsoft’s global AI Tour. Source

3. Microsoft Launches Elevate AI Skilling Program in Malaysia With National AI Office

Microsoft. Microsoft and Malaysia’s Ministry of Digital launched Microsoft Elevate, a national AI capacity-building program targeting educators, MSMEs, retired servicemembers, learning institutions, and civil servants, delivered in partnership with the National AI Office and Sekretariat Majlis TVET Negara. The pilot phase has already reached 80,000 learners since January, and the roadmap extends to 2030 with phases moving from skilling and workforce activation through to institutional sustainability. It builds on the earlier AIForMYFuture and Bersama Malaysia initiatives that previously skilled 1.53 million Malaysians in cloud, AI, and cybersecurity. Source