Microsoft has updated its AI offerings in their Microsoft 365 Copilot by integrating Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 alongside OpenAI models. This significant update was headlined with the goal of providing customers with a greater choice of AI-powered tools.
Microsoft 365 Copilot users can now access Anthropic’s Claude models in Researcher and Copilot Studio, which allows them to switch between OpenAI and Anthropic offerings for various tasks.
The Claude models are rolling out via the Frontier Program to Microsoft 365 Copilot-licenced customers who opt in, with access enabled through its admin centre.
The fresh models are hosted on outside Microsoft-managed environments and are subject to Anthropic’s terms and conditions.
“Copilot will continue to be powered by OpenAI’s latest models, and now our customers will have the flexibility to use Anthropic models too”, stated Charles Lamanna, President of Microsoft’s Business and Industry Copilot Team, in a blog post.
“The addition of Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 advances our commitment to bring the best AI innovation from across the industry to Microsoft 365 Copilot, tuned for work and tailored to your business needs”.
Source: Mobile World Live
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