Microsoft said it will add Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft Copilot Studio and Researcher in a move that highlights how the company is diversifying from OpenAI.
Until recently, Anthropic was more of a AWS and Google Cloud play with Microsoft serving as the venue for OpenAI models.
In a blog post, Microsoft said Anthropic models will be available in Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Research agent, which now can be powered by OpenAI or Anthropic. In addition, Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 models are available in Copilot Studio.
With the Copilot Studio addition, enterprises will be able to create AI agents using Anthropic models.
OpenAI and Microsoft have been putting a little distance between themselves. For instance, OpenAI launched open weight models that can be used beyond Microsoft Azure. The two companies have also come to an understanding about Microsoft's equity stake and OpenAI's structure.
And OpenAI is also building its own AI infrastructure via a partnership with Oracle.
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