Microsoft Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code
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Microsoft is automatically selecting AI models in Visual Studio Code, with paid GitHub Copilot users mainly using Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 instead of OpenAI's GPT-5. Internal guidance recommends Claude Sonnet 4 for GitHub Copilot, indicating a shift in Microsoft's AI partnerships. This preference extends to Microsoft 365 apps. Despite investing $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019, Microsoft is also training its own AI models and leaning towards Anthropic.
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