The Department of Education (DepEd) and Microsoft are expanding the use of artificial intelligence in Philippine public schools, with the technology company set to provide 1 million teachers access to Microsoft Copilot.
The partnership builds on the PLDT Group’s acquisition of 1,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. The companies said the AI assistant is being integrated into daily tasks such as drafting communications, summarizing meetings, analyzing information and supporting internal decision-making.
One in four Filipino workers is now considered an advanced user of artificial intelligence, exceeding the global average of 16%, according to Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index, as AI tools increasingly move beyond corporate experiments into everyday work and public school classrooms.
Manulife has expanded its partnership with Microsoft under a five-year agreement aimed at deploying artificial intelligence across its global operations while strengthening oversight of AI agents.
Microsoft will deploy AMD’s next-generation Helios rack-scale systems on its Azure cloud platform as the companies expand their collaboration across processors, networking hardware, and artificial intelligence software.
The announcements centered on Microsoft's effort to address what it described as a fragmented AI ecosystem by providing developers with tools to build, deploy, and govern AI systems across different environments.
Software giant Microsoft has outlined its strategic priorities for 2026 and beyond, centering on deeper integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into business operations, responsible deployment of the technology, and large-scale skills development.
While the report is global, available local data show that early adopters in finance and telecommunications are already recording strong financial impacts from their AI programs.
A new report from software behemoth Microsoft has revealed that AI has started to lower the technical bar for fraud and cybercrime actors looking for their own productivity tools, making it easier and cheaper to generate believable content for cyberattacks at an increasingly rapid rate.
