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Microsoft openly competes with OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft is coaching its sales force to highlight shortcomings of OpenAI and Anthropic products while promoting its own AI models as more efficient. CEO Satya Nadella also criticized Anthropic's Fable restrictions, calling them counterproductive.

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How this story unfolded

3 weeks · 7 reports · from Jul 7

Jul 7
- Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own modelstechcrunch.com
Jul 15
- Microsoft Gives Sellers Tips to Knock Down Anthropic, OpenAIbloomberg.com
Jul 16
- Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropictechcrunch.com
- Microsoft's Nadella rips Anthropic's Fable restrictions in staff meeting: 'Doesn't make sense'cnbc.com
Jul 27
- Microsoft is racing to make OpenAI optionalthenewstack.io
Jul 29
- Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bagtechcrunch.com
Jul 30
- Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than evertechcrunch.com

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Microsoft openly competes with OpenAI and Anthropic

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