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Copilot goes cheap as Microsoft phases out OpenAI and Anthropic models to cut costs

微软为降成本在Copilot中用自研MAI模型替换OpenAI和Anthropic模型

Copilot goes cheap as Microsoft phases out OpenAI and Anthropic models to cut costs

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Microsoft is replacing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its own MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook. Tens of thousands of queries per week already run through them. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wants to "ultimately eliminate" the cost of external models. For Copilot customers, that could mean less performance for the same price.

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Context

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