Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data API builder (DAB), which provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases, some three years in the making.

Microsoft wants companies to build their own AI-powered "copilots" -- using tools on Azure and machine learning models from its close partner OpenAI, of course.

Microsoft is introducing several new features in Azure AI Studio aimed at enabling companies to build and deploy fine-tuned AI 'copilots.' ...