Copilot Edits Word Documents. Pentagon Threatens Anthropic. OpenAI Raises One Hundred Ten Billion. Block Cuts Nearly Half.

The AI news for February 28th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Copilot: Microsoft's AI assistant is to have direct access to documents. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Copilot-Microsofts-KI-Assistent-soll-direkten-Zugriff-auf-Dokumente-erhalten-11193112.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Anthropic rejects the Pentagon ultimatum. Source: https://www.heise.de/-11192369?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag OpenAI receives up to 110 billion U.S. dollars from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank. Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-erhaelt-bis-zu-110-milliarden-us-dollar-von-amazon-nvidia-und-softbank/ Allegedly due to AI: Jack Dorsey’s fintech Block is laying off almost half of its workforce. Source: https://the-decoder.de/angeblich-wegen-ki-jack-dorseys-fintech-block-entlaesst-fast-die-haelfte-der-belegschaft/