Microsoft reportedly plans to begin using Anthropic’s latest Claude models to power some of the Copilot features in its Office 365 apps. In a report published Tuesday, The Information said the tech giant would announce the change “in the coming weeks.” Microsoft currently relies on OpenAI’s tech to power the majority of AI features found inside of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
As an outsider looking in, Microsoft’s embrace of Anthropic’s models would appear to signal a deepening split between the company and OpenAI. Microsoft is the AI lab’s largest investor, and
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