Over at Big Tech, Microsoft is spicing things up in the AI world—and honestly, it’s kinda juicy.
As of yesterday, Microsoft officially folded Anthropic’s AI models into Copilot. Which means OpenAI’s biggest rival is now sitting at the same table. Kinda awkward, huh?
For the longest time, Copilot has been powered almost entirely by OpenAI under the hood. But Microsoft—in case you didn’t know—has been wanting more options on the menu. And now it’s done it: Anthropic’s Claude models are officially here to play.
So here’s the deal:
Business users will now get to pick between OpenAI’s deep reasoning models or Anthropic’s:
Claude Opus 4.1 — built for big-brain tasks like complex reasoning, coding, and solving gnarly problems.
Claude Sonnet 4 — the more reliable sidekick, perfect for data crunching, content creation, and day-to-day dev work.
Oh and, this isn’t totally out of the blue, either. Microsoft already started rolling Claude into Office 365 apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook earlier this month. Copilot is just the next step.
The bigger picture?
Microsoft isn’t cutting ties with OpenAI. It’s stacking the deck—diversifying, giving users flexibility, and making sure Copilot doesn’t depend on a single AI brain.
Basically: more competition, more innovation, more fun for us.
So yeah, Copilot just got new copilots. You can check it out or learn more here.
