Microsoft Replaces OpenAI, Anthropic With Own AI in Some Apps
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Microsoft swapping in its own models for Excel and Outlook is a clear tell: at scale, inference cost and control beat best-in-class benchmarks for many enterprise workflows. If you’re an enterprise buyer, assume vendors will quietly change underlying models — build evals and SLAs around behavior and outcomes, not brand names.
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