Microsoft built Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B to know when to think — and when thinking is a waste of time

B, an open-weight multimodal vision AI model designed to deliver strong math, science, document and UI reasoning with far ...
Microsoft

“All of these different experiences are bricks that have built the foundation of who I am and how I show up to work every single day.”

Growing up, the role of grandmothers, aunts, and uncles were just as important as the role of parents; that multigenerational way of living shaped me early on. My family also tried to replicate what ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Sharpens AI Toolkit for VS Code in Foundry Update

Microsoft's February 2026 Foundry update includes broader platform changes, but the most immediate developer-facing news for VS Code users is an AI Toolkit refresh centered on tool discovery, agent ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Navigating VS Code AI Toolkit and Microsoft Foundry for Agent Development

VS Code's AI Toolkit and Microsoft Foundry can speed up agent development, but real-world success often depends on picking the right runtime and region, keeping tool-driven context under control, and ...