Microsoft pushes AI migration tool at Salesforce and ERP customers while leaving on-premises

SharePoint hole unpatched Microsoft is attacking on two fronts. The headline story is an automated conversion tool designed to make it easier for enterprises to abandon Salesforce and rival ERP systems for Microsoft's cloud. At the same time, a separate report reveals that recent security updates failed to close a critical vulnerability in on-premises SharePoint, which is now being actively exploited in a zero-day attack. Together the two stories paint a picture of a vendor pressing for aggressive migration while its installed base remains exposed.

Hardware race behind large models

Samsung has entered as a strategic supply-chain partner for OpenAI, committing to supply memory and compute for future generations. Amazon and Qualcomm announced a multi-generational collaboration on networking and AI chips, though the description stays at buzzword level without disclosing architecture or performance figures. AMD launched Threadripper Halo, a local workstation for researchers with up to 576 GB of HBM3e and 16 TB/s of memory bandwidth; pricing has not been published.

Offense benchmark: Anthropic compares Claude to GPT-4

Anthropic researchers published a fourth "offenses" sheet for the Claude model, claiming the list length now matches that of GPT-4. The methodology, called "Felony Bench," was not detailed in the source, and there is no indication whether the test has undergone peer review or remains an internal tool. Google DeepMind, for its part, presented a new genome atlas, a more concrete research achievement, but here too comparison benchmarks against existing models are missing.

Security landscape: sophisticated phishing, Iranian infrastructure, and hackers in public service

A Russian campaign is impersonating Signal support to steal credentials while the United States takes down Iranian propaganda sites. Ring has relaxed its anti-spying policy. At DEF CON, the Franklin Project — hackers who test critical infrastructure including voting systems — is expanding to all conference venues. Private-equity firm EQT acquired a controlling stake in Swiss backup vendor Acronis at a valuation of $3.5 billion or more; the number of shares sold was not disclosed.

Open source as exit strategy: Switzerland, Canonical, and new releases

The Swiss military is evaluating a move away from Microsoft 365 toward open-source alternatives, echoing earlier attempts by public bodies in Europe. Canonical is shutting down legacy chat channels; Pastebin already closed in June, and IRC has been downgraded. Audacity shipped its first modern interface in two decades. Haiku OS reached beta 6 with improved network support, and TrueNAS Core forks are moving to FreeBSD 15 under the names FreeCORE and BSDnas.