Microsoft developing AI reasoning models to compete with OpenAI, The Information reports

Microsoft has been looking to reduce its dependence on the ChatGPT maker, even as its early partnership with the startup put it in a leadership position among Big Tech peers in the lucrative AI race. Reuters reported exclusively in December that the company has been working on adding internal and third-party AI models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs. When Microsoft announced 365 Copilot in 2023, a major selling point was that it used OpenAI's GPT-4 model.