Microsoft AI Updates: August 14, 2026

1. Microsoft Merges Its Consumer and Business Copilot Apps and Drops Underused Features

Microsoft. Microsoft is consolidating its separate consumer and business Copilot apps into a single application and discontinuing several AI features that failed to gain traction, including AI-generated podcasts and Deep Research. The move cleans up a Copilot lineup that had fragmented across audiences and surfaces. For teams standardizing on Copilot, it signals which experiments Microsoft is retiring and where it is concentrating its assistant roadmap. Source