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The post Microsoft Cuts AI Bill by Replacing OpenAI and Anthropic in Software Products appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Microsoft has begun swapping OpenAI and Anthropic models for its own MAI systems in Excel and Outlook, a shift aimed at curbing its fast-growing artificial intelligence bill. Tens of thousands of prompts in the two applications now run each week on Microsoft’s internally built models. Why Microsoft Wants to Cut Its AI Bill Microsoft consumes huge volumes of AI tokens across products such as its Copilot assistant. It currently gets much of that computing at a discount through a long-standing partnership with OpenAI. That arrangement will not last forever. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman’s team wants to avoid paying whatever leading labs charge once the discount ends. Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the work, reported that Excel and Outlook had previously leaned more on OpenAI and Anthropic. Now, MAI usage accounts for a small share of overall AI activity. Follow