Last year, reports emerged suggesting that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI had begun to fray. The software giant was apparently planning to integrate third-party AI models into its Microsoft 365 Copilot service, seemingly moving away from its overdependence on the ChatGPT maker's flagship models.
A separate report by The Information claimed that Microsoft is developing in-house models and testing third-party ones for Copilot, including DeepSeek, Meta, and Elon Musk's xAI.
