Microsoft has quietly widened the model roster behind Microsoft 365 Copilot, adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to a new Office Agent in Copilot chat that can produce ready‑to‑use PowerPoint decks and Word documents from a single, high‑level instruction — a move that...
Microsoft is moving beyond single‑prompt Copilot chat and into what it calls “vibe working” — a new pattern that stitches multistep, steerable agents directly into Office apps so Copilot can plan, build, validate and iterate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your behalf. The...
Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem has quietly entered a new phase: users and administrators can now choose Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as alternative engines inside Copilot Studio and the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot, while Claude Opus 4.1 has also been added to...
Microsoft’s latest push into voice and agent AI marks a decisive expansion of Copilot’s capabilities: a high-performance, in‑house speech generator and a new text model intended to power agentic experiences, paired with a broader, multi‑model strategy that lets enterprises mix and match...
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 has quietly but decisively retooled the architecture of Microsoft 365 Copilot: Anthropic’s Claude family — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — is now a selectable backend inside key Copilot surfaces, giving organizations real model choice inside Researcher and Copilot...
Microsoft’s decision to fold Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot marks the most visible step yet in a deliberate strategy: turn Copilot from a single‑model product into a multi‑model, multi‑vendor platform for enterprise AI. Announced on September 24, 2025, the rollout adds...
Microsoft’s decision to let Anthropic’s Claude models run inside Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a strategic inflection: Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor service built around OpenAI — it’s becoming a managed, multi‑model orchestration layer where IT teams can pick the engine best suited to each...
Microsoft has quietly re-engineered Copilot’s product story from «single‑vendor shortcut» into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher feature and in Copilot Studio’s...
Microsoft’s quiet move to add Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot is the clearest signal yet that Copilot is evolving from a single‑vendor showcase into a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration platform — one that balances performance, cost, and vendor risk while exposing...
Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step from a single‑vendor architecture toward a managed, multi‑model platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot Studio, a move that delivers practical model...
Microsoft’s decision to add Anthropic’s Claude models to Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a clear and deliberate pivot from a single-source AI strategy to a multi-model, multi-provider approach—one designed to give enterprise customers choice, reduce vendor risk, and accelerate feature innovation...
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 decision to fold Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot represents a strategic inflection point: Copilot is now explicitly being engineered as a multi‑model, workload‑aware assistant rather than the single‑vendor product it began as, a shift motivated by performance...