Copilot, OpenAI and Microsoft

Microsoft Copilot just gave you ChatGPT’s second best reasoning model for free, but there are some limitations
Initial reports suggested that access to the o1 reasoning model in Copilot was unlimited, but this has proved to be false, with several users coming up against usage limits. In response Microsoft then upped the usage limit, with the Copilot account on X yesterday announcing: “Think Deeper limits for free and Pro subscribers have been expanded!”
Microsoft makes OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model free for all Copilot users
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.
OpenAI's Reasoning Model Is Now Free on Copilot
OpenAI's o1 reasoning model usually requires a costly subscription, but it's now free to all Microsoft Copilot users. This move follows a surge in popularity for Chinese AI app Deepseek and its free reasoning model earlier this week.
Microsoft offers OpenAI's o1 model for free to all Copilot users
Thanks to OpenAI's o1, Microsoft Copilot is now capable of solving complex tasks, and provide users with well researched insights.
Copilot users can now use OpenAI's o1 without paying a dime
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 AI CEO: Copilot users can access "OpenAI’s world-class o1 reasoning model" for free following backlash over previously degraded user experience by insiders
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced that Copilot users will now have free access to Think Deeper. The feature includes access to OpenAI's o1 reasoning model's capabilities across math, science,

Copilot, Microsoft and Think Deeper

Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts
Microsoft says that it's creating a new unit to will help it understand the implications of AI the company hopes to build.
Microsoft kills off Smart Lookup feature in Word as it pushes Copilot
The defunct feature used to let users search for definitions and online articles about highlighted words and phrases.
Microsoft is killing this popular Word feature and replacing it with AI
Microsoft is trying to make users use Copilot more by removing a popular and helpful dictionary feature in Microsoft Word.
Microsoft’s Copilot-focused Surface Pro and Laptop PCs ship with Snapdragon and Intel options
At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro ...
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster
At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price ...
Microsoft Reveals New Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 With Intel Chips
On Jan. 30, Microsoft showed off the latest Surface for Business Copilot+ PCs, Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11. Both will ...
Microsoft Improves AI-Powered Windows Search for Insiders With Copilot+ PCs
The AI-powered Windows Search experience that’s currently available in preview on Copilot+ PCs can now surface photos stored in OneDrive.
I put GitHub Copilot's AI to the test - and it just might be terrible at writing code
Here, too, GitHub Copilot succeeded where Microsoft Copilot failed. The challenge here is that I'm testing the AI's ability ...