"Anthropic's Claude model range will now be available on Microsoft 365 Copilot, marking the tech giant's latest shift away from exclusivity with OpenAI. In an announcement on 24 September, the company said the move aims to offer customers greater flexibility in the AI models powering Copilot. This will see Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 models integrated within the Copilot service in addition to OpenAI's."
"Initially, these new options will be coming to the Researcher function through Microsoft's Frontier Program, as well as Copilot Studio, which allows enterprise users to create and customize AI agents. "With this launch, you can build, orchestrate, and manage agents powered by Anthropic models for deep reasoning, workflow automation, and flexible agentic tasks," Charles Lamanna Microsoft president for business & industry Copilot. Customers hoping to capitalize on the changes won't face too much hassle opting for Anthropic models, Lamanna noted."
Microsoft is adding Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot to broaden model choice beyond OpenAI. The new models will first appear in the Researcher function via Microsoft's Frontier Program and in Copilot Studio for enterprise users to build and customize AI agents. Anthropic-powered agents are positioned for deep reasoning, workflow automation, and flexible agentic tasks. Users can opt in to switch between OpenAI and Anthropic models in Researcher and select models via a Copilot Studio drop-down menu. The change reflects Microsoft diversifying its AI model sources amid shifting ties with OpenAI and infrastructure partners.
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