Microsoft offers $20 consumer AI subscription to boost business

By Jeffrey Dastin January 15, 2024 4:16 PM EST Updated 19 min ago

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said consumers and small businesses can buy subscriptions to access more capabilities in its artificial intelligence “Copilot,” as it moves to grow sales beyond large enterprises.

After introducing a free AI Copilot for its Bing search engine last year, Microsoft will offer what it calls Copilot Pro to individuals for $20 a month.

The subscription will add a text-drafting, number-crunching AI assistant to Microsoft’s widely used applications including Word and Excel, and it will give purchasers access to new tools and AI models such as GPT-4 Turbo.

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