DTH-6-150x150 Microsoft announces a collaboration with Anthropic to bring tech behind Claude Cowork into Microsoft 365 Copilot, Vizio is merging login systems with Walmart’s, and OpenAI again pushes back the release of an ‘adult mode’ for ChatGPT.

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Microsoft announced a collaboration with Anthropic to bring the tech behind Claude Cowork into Microsoft 365 Copilot. Aimed at Enterprise customers, Cowork runs in a sandboxed cloud environment, within Microsoft 365’s governance boundaries and actions and outputs are auditable. In a blog post, Microsoft president of business apps and agents, Charles Lamanna shared that Cowork will check in if any clarifications are required and changes can be approved before applied. Copilot Cowork is currently in limited testing with customers in the Research Preview program, and is expected to become more widely available in the Frontier program in late March 2026.

Source: Fortune and Microsoft

On Monday, Anthropic filed a lawsuit in federal court in California to block the Pentagon from adding the company to the national security blacklist. The suit claims the designation is unlawful and violates both due process and free speech rights. Last week US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a security supply-chain risk over the company’s decision to keep guardrails against using AI for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons.

Source: Reuters

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning at least three new products for the high-end “ultra” lineup. Even if the new releases don’t explicitly feature the ultra naming convention, the products will still have a premium cost. For example, the foldable iPhone, expected to cost around $2,000, may end up being called something simple like “Fold” instead of including “Ultra” in the name. Gurman also states “AirPod Ultra” is a name in consideration for next-gen Airpods featuring cameras to provide visual data to Siri.

Source: Bloomberg

Apple is also exploring a new aluminum manufacturing process to save as much metal as possible, lowering costs while also speeding up production. Apple is working on 3D-printing aluminum for future Apple Watch casings and, according to Mark Gurman, potentially iPhone enclosures in the future. Previously Apple used 3D-printed titanium in the Apple Watch Ultra 3.

Source: Digital Trends

OpenAI is reportedly pushing back the launch of ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again. An OpenAI spokesperson told Alex Heath, “we’re pushing out the launch of adult mode so we can focus on work that is a higher priority for more users right now” and an adult mode would “take more time”. The spokesperson said features like personality improvements and designing more proactive experiences are among the current priorities. In October 2025 CEO Sam Altman posted on X the mode would be available in December, but then said in a December briefing that it would instead launch in Q1 2026. No new projected launch dates have been announced.

Source: Engadget

Electronics manufacturer Vizio, now a Walmart private label brand since being acquired in 2024, is merging the previous Vizio account system with Walmart’s. During the setup process for any new Vizio Smart TVs, users will be offered the option to connect any existing Vizio accounts to a Walmart login or to delete the old account. Current customers are not required to take action with their accounts at this time, with the change being pushed to older hardware units sometime in the future.

Source: Digital Trends

Ride-Hailing service Uber is expanding the availability of the Female Driver safety feature in the United States. In a statement, Uber is adding the “Women Drivers” booking option, matching female riders with female drivers, in New York, Philadelphia, and DC, joining the list of two dozen cities that already had the feature active. Women-matching options are also available in six other countries, including France and Germany. The Women Drivers option will be visible alongside existing UberX, Comfort, UberXL and Black selections. Bloomberg reports Uber is currently facing thousands of pending legal cases in the US over driver misconduct.

Source: Bloomberg

Google is adding a new “Tap to Draft” option for Smart Replies, enabling the ability to edit the reply in the text field rather than immediately sending it out. This will solve the problem of accidentally clicking a smart reply and being unable to do anything about it. “Tap to Send” will remain the default option during the initial rollout, and is currently available in the latest beta version, but not yet in the stable channel.

Source: 9to5Google

Microsoft Collaborates with Anthropic to Launch Copilot Cowork – DTH