Microsoft (MSFT) has teamed up with Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) to include its AI chatbot Claude Cowork as part of Microsoft's 365 suite and Copilot program. Microsoft president of business apps and agents Charles Lamanna sits down with Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley to elaborate on new features and tasks users can dispatch to AI and what this partnership may mean for Microsoft's future AI models.

Microsoft is launching Copilot Cowork, a new AI assistant built with Anthropic that can run tasks in the background and work across Microsoft 365 apps, as part of a broader wave of updates including a new $99-per-user E7 licensing tier.

Microsoft thinks enterprise customers will prefer its cloud-native Copilot Cowork to Anthropic’s local version and doubles down on per user pricing.

Microsoft 365 E7 comes with Copilot, as well as identity, management and security features that might make more businesses adopt AI.

Real Talk was the most human Copilot has ever felt. It pushed back, remembered you, and didn't just nod along — so naturally, Microsoft pulled the plug just weeks after its global rollout. The post Microsoft pulls “Real Talk” mode for Copilot AI chats that had more personality appeared first on Digital Trends.

Excel users are warned to update now, as a critical vulnerability has been confirmed that can lead to “zero-click information disclosure” via Copilot AI Agent.

Microsoft is rolling out more AI agent control, expanded model support, and a new subscription tier to Microsoft 365.