Microsoft Moves to Respond to New Threats From Anthropic

Anthropic’s launch of Cowork, an AI-powered tool that takes over a computer to handle workplace tasks involving numerous applications, from Microsoft Office apps to Slack, has reverberated through Microsoft’s ranks.

In the days following the launch this month, Microsoft product leaders told colleagues that Cowork seemed like a competitor to 365 Copilot, a suite of AI features for Microsoft’s apps that aims to automate tasks such as generating documents or organizing users’ files, according to someone who attended the meetings.