Microsoft Office will pay to use anthropic AI in 365 apps, Information Report, citing two sources. The move means that the technology of anthropic will help in power in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, which makes the end of the previous Reliance of Microsoft as well as Microsoft’s previous Reliance to its productivity suite to a fully chat-maker.
Microsoft’s growing rift with OpenAI to diversify its AI partnership, which pursued A and a potentially linked contestant along with its own infrastructure projects.
Microsoft’s anthropic deal also comes The company makes a new deal with Openai To secure access to your AI model after restructuring pending benefits. But the information says that this step is not a conversation strategy. Leaders of Microsoft believe that the latest models of anthropic – Cloud Sonnet 4, especially – perform better than Openai in some tasks, such as creating aesthetic powerpoint presentations.
Meanwhile, Openai is trying to get out under the influence of Microsoft. Last week, Openai launched one Job’s stage To take LinkedIn of Microsoft; And Financial Times told that Openai is ready to start Mass production On his first AI chips in partnership with Broadcom in 2026. This means that it will be able to conduct potential training and conclusions on the hardware that controls it rather than depending on the Azure setup of Microsoft.
Techcrunch has reached Microsoft and Anthropic for comments.