Microsoft (MSFT) has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs, Reuters’ Anna Tong and Krystal Hu report, citing sources familiar with the matter. It is the latest effort by Microsoft, which is a major backer of OpenAI, to lessen its dependence on the AI startup – a departure from recent years when Microsoft touted its early access to OpenAI’s models, the authors write.
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