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Microsoft replaces OpenAI, Anthropic AI with own models in Office apps

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Microsoft has begun replacing some of OpenAI's and Anthropic's models with its own in-house MAI models within Excel and Outlook. This shift, already handling tens of thousands of prompts weekly, is seen as a strategic move to improve the unit economics of integrating AI into its productivity suite. The change marks the first instance of Microsoft using its own AI models as a live production replacement for third-party services in these high-volume applications. AI

IMPACT Microsoft's move to in-house AI models in high-volume products could pressure OpenAI and Anthropic on pricing and partnerships.

RANK_REASON This is a product integration story where a major tech company is swapping out third-party AI models for its own, impacting the economics of its AI offerings.

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Microsoft replaces OpenAI, Anthropic AI with own models in Office apps

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Justgototheeffinmoon ·

    Bloomberg: Microsoft has started replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models with its own MAI models in Excel and Outlook. Tens of thousands of prompts a week already moved

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Bloomberg reported yesterday that Microsoft has quietly begun routing part of the Copilot workload inside Excel and Outlook to its own MAI models instead of OpenAI or Anthropic. The in-house models are already handling tens of thousands of prompt…

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