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The dominant productivity suite paying a rival lab for better task automation signals exclusive model deals are loosening across enterprise software.
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Microsoft had free access to OpenAI, but improving Copilot meant paying for Anthropic. The Information’s @aaronpholmes explains how Microsoft’s new Office chief Charles Lamanna convinced Satya Nadella: “He impressed Satya Nadella with demos showing that at the time, Anthropic models were just way better at automating tasks and Copilot.” Full story:Read original on X
Exclusive: Fixing Microsoft’s Copilot meant looking beyond OpenAI. Charles Lamanna convinced Satya Nadella to bring in Anthropic’s models after demos showed better results in Excel and PowerPoint. “At the time, that was heresy,” he said. Full story:Read original on X
Today on TITV: Microsoft’s new Office chief helped fix Copilot and won over Satya Nadella. How did he do it? Plus, Microsoft’s new AI chips, a possible Sora revival, Silicon Valley’s home AI rigs and Mark Zuckerberg’s $1.8 billion biotech push. 📺 Tune in at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET on:Read original on X
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
Microsoft adds Anthropic models to Copilot after internal demos
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The update is already live across major inference providers, keeping price pressure on in the open-model race.
Researchers including Scott Aaronson describe colleagues dropping their work to unpack AI solutions to problems that stood open for decades.
Mathematicians including former OpenAI researcher Scott Aaronson say colleagues across the field are dropping their work to verify results that crack decades-old open problems, and
A leading lab writing its own proposed rules for frontier AI and taking them to lawmakers marks a new phase in industry self-regulation.