Microsoft has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs,

Microsoft is planning to integrate internal and third-party artificial intelligence (AI) models into its flagship AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot. The move comes as the tech giant looks to reduce its dependence on OpenAI 's tech and save costs.

Microsoft's 365 Copilot gained popularity for incorporating the OpenAI GPT-4 model. The company is also employing other AI models for its products and experiences: Technology news

The effort is said to focus on the tech giant’s Microsoft 365 Copilot product. It’s an artificial intelligence assistant that ships with the eponymous productivity suite. Microsoft is reportedly working to integrate custom and open-source artificial intelligence models into the assistant, which is currently powered by technology from OpenAI.

Based on a Reuters story using unidentified sources, Microsoft ( MSFT, Financials) is expanding its artificial intelligence approach by including a wider spectrum of AI models into its Microsoft 365 Copilot product. The action seeks to reduce dependency on OpenAI's technologies, increase performance, and lower expenses.

Microsoft is integrating internal and third-party AI models into its Microsoft 365 Copilot. This aims to reduce dependence on OpenAI and cut costs. The company is working to customise other open-weight models for better efficiency.

The goal is to make it less expensive for Microsoft to run 365 Copilot, and potentially pass along those savings to the end customer.