Microsoft’s latest update to Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a decisive shift from single‑vendor dependency toward a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration strategy that now makes Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 selectable engines inside Copilot’s Researcher and Copilot Studio...
Microsoft has quietly widened the palette of AI brains available inside Microsoft 365 Copilot by adding two of Anthropic’s Claude models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1—so enterprise users can now pick the model that best fits a task instead of relying solely on OpenAI’s offerings...
Microsoft’s decision to let Microsoft 365 Copilot run Anthropic’s Claude models — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — marks a decisive shift toward a multi‑model strategy for enterprise productivity AI, giving organizations explicit model choice inside the Copilot ecosystem while...
Microsoft has quietly re‑engineered a cornerstone of its workplace AI strategy: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports selectable Anthropic Claude models — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — inside two high‑visibility Copilot surfaces, the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot...
Microsoft's Copilot has quietly widened its model menu: users can now run Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 inside Copilot’s Researcher agent and as selectable models in Copilot Studio, giving organizations a straightforward way to compare OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft’s own...
Microsoft has turned Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a true multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in Copilot’s Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, a move delivered...
Microsoft has quietly recast Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1—to Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher and Copilot Studio surfaces, a change that begins immediately for...
Microsoft’s Copilot has added Anthropic’s Claude family as selectable backends inside the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience, giving enterprise customers a choice of models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — in the Researcher reasoning agent and in Copilot Studio’s agent-building tools. The...
Microsoft quietly turned Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable back‑ends in Copilot’s Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, while making clear that OpenAI models will...
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Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor show: starting today the company is adding Anthropic’s Claude family — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside Copilot, giving organizations the ability to route specific Copilot workloads to...
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Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has folded Anthropic’s Claude 4 into its Copilot toolkit, and the result is a turning point for AI-assisted development: auto model selection in VS Code will now choose Claude Sonnet 4 as the primary backend for many paid Copilot users, while Anthropic’s Claude...
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Microsoft has quietly begun a major pivot in the architecture that powers the AI features inside Office apps: Copilot will now route select workloads to Anthropic’s Claude family — notably the Sonnet 4 models — while continuing to use OpenAI models and Microsoft’s own engines where they remain...
Microsoft’s Office productivity stack is entering a new phase: after years of leaning hard on OpenAI, Redmond is reportedly adding Anthropic’s Claude family to the mix and routing certain Copilot workloads to the company’s Sonnet models — a pragmatic pivot toward multi‑vendor, workload‑specific...
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Microsoft has quietly begun the most consequential recalibration of its productivity‑AI stack since Copilot’s debut: Office 365 will now route select Copilot workloads to Anthropic’s Claude family—most notably the Sonnet 4 lineage—alongside continued use of OpenAI models and Microsoft’s own...
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Microsoft’s decision to fold Anthropic’s models into Office 365 represents a deliberate, high-stakes recalibration of its AI supply chain — one that pares dependence on a single vendor, broadens technical options inside Copilot features, and reshapes enterprise risk calculations for productivity...
Microsoft’s Office 365 product line is poised for a material AI shift: sources say Redmond will begin routing certain Copilot and Office features to Anthropic’s Claude models — notably the Sonnet 4 family — alongside continued use of OpenAI and Microsoft’s own models, a move that reflects both...
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Microsoft’s reported decision to integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 into Microsoft 365 marks a deliberate and consequential step away from a single‑provider AI strategy and toward a multi‑model, standards‑based future for enterprise productivity tools. This move — first reported today by...
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DuckDuckGo has quietly retooled its paid offering into a one-stop privacy and AI bundle, adding access to higher‑end chat models while keeping the $9.99/month price and the three core privacy protections that first made the subscription notable.
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Microsoft's GitHub has unveiled GitHub Spark, a groundbreaking addition to the Copilot ecosystem that empowers developers to transform their ideas into fully functional full-stack applications using natural language descriptions. This innovative tool aims to streamline the app development...
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