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Monday, 13 July 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says you’re paying for AI twice — the second price is worse

The New Stack 2 days ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella argued that enterprises using AI systems incur a hidden cost beyond direct payments: they must expose proprietary knowledge and processes to make models effective, which competitors could access. Nadella noted that organizations generate thousands of interactions with AI systems that create institutional knowledge worth potentially more than the original training data. Nadella recommended enterprises maintain control over their AI infrastructure, data, and learning loops rather than depending on specific foundation model providers, positioning Azure as the neutral platform for this model-agnostic approach.

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Microsoft routes some Excel and Outlook prompts to internal models to cut inference costs

The Neuron 3 days ago

Microsoft is replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models with internal models in Excel and Outlook to reduce inference costs for its Copilot features. The company's AI head has stated the goal is to reduce and eventually eliminate dependence on external model providers whose pricing it cannot control. This shift allows Microsoft to lower expenses while maintaining functionality in widely-used productivity applications.

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