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Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork with usage-based AI agent billing

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Microsoft has launched Copilot Cowork, a new service that integrates AI agents into its Microsoft 365 suite. This offering requires a base M365 Copilot license and then charges users on a usage basis for the agent functionalities. The author expresses a preference for agents to be included in the basic subscription rather than incurring additional usage-based fees. AI

IMPACT This launch introduces a usage-based billing model for AI agents within a productivity suite, potentially impacting enterprise adoption strategies.

RANK_REASON This is a product launch for a feature within an existing suite, not a frontier model release or significant industry shift.

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Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork with usage-based AI agent billing

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    My money is on MS having wrapped agents into Copilot Cowork, which requires the paid M365 Copilot licence as a base, but then bills you for the "Cowork" stuff (

    My money is on MS having wrapped agents into Copilot Cowork, which requires the paid M365 Copilot licence as a base, but then bills you for the "Cowork" stuff (i.e. agents) on a usage basis. I'm not interested in usage-based billing, so agents will be a pass for me I guess until …

    LINKS microsoft.com/…/copilot-cowork-is-now-gen…

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