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Foundry Model Router Expands from Two Regions to 28, Refreshing Its Model Pool

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:18:00 GMT

Microsoft expanded Foundry's model router from two regions to 28 for global standard and 21 for data zone deployments, while adding Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 and removing four deprecated models. Default deployments receive pool changes automatically; configured subsets exclude new models until added. The effective context window equals the smallest model in the pool.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Microsoft Moves AI Governance from Policy to Runtime Enforcement

Leela Kumili — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:49:00 GMT

Microsoft has outlined an AI governance architecture spanning nine governance domains and four functions: policy, control, visibility, and proof. The approach connects policies with runtime enforcement, continuous evaluation, observability, identity, security, and audit evidence to help organizations verify governance requirements as AI applications and agents operate in production.

By Leela Kumili

Cloudflare Turns Engineering Standards into an AI-Enforced Control System

Craig Risi — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Cloudflare has recently detailed how it is using AI to transform internal engineering standards from passive documentation into an actively enforced control system across the software development lifecycle.

By Craig Risi