For example, Copilot (then called Bing AI) gained early access to GPT-4. Now, Microsoft allows Copilot users to access OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model for free. This is a pretty new model, only hitting the market last month.

Microsoft is bringing OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model to all Copilot users this week. You won’t need to subscribe to a $20 monthly Copilot Pro or ChatGPT Plus plan to get it either, as Microsoft is making it free for all users of Copilot.

Following a surge in popularity for Chinese AI app Deepseek and its free reasoning model this week, frequent OpenAI collaborator Microsoft is helping America’s AI leader drop the paywall on its own reasoning model,

The defunct feature used to let users search for definitions and online articles about highlighted words and phrases.

Microsoft is trying to make users use Copilot more by removing a popular and helpful dictionary feature in Microsoft Word. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Despite charging you more for its new, AI-inclusive plan, Microsoft is actually taking some features away. In an effort to thrust its Copilot AI tool on you, Microsoft Office apps will no longer offer Smart Lookup,