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Microsoft Copilot now offers Claude models - how to try them


Microsoft is further diversifying away from its reliance on OpenAI.

On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that two of Anthropic's frontier models, Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4.1, were now available through its Copilot AI assistant. The addition of Anthropic's frontier models to Copilot marks Microsoft's latest effort to diversify its AI offerings for customers. But as OpenAI shifts its business structure-- it's also reportedly now partnering with Google, Microsoft's biggest competitor, to gain access to its cloud computing resources -- the two companies have drifted apart.

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