Microsoft says business must pay to use its AI — and eyes cheap Chinese model for lowly consumers

Just months after integrating customers into its massive AI user base, Microsoft is walking back its promise of being the “everyday productivity app for work and life.”

That is, of course, unless businesses are willing to pay.

‘… it is not possible to offer Cowork as an unlimited service.’

In January, Microsoft quickly turned its customer base of more than 430 million paid users of Microsoft 365 into AI users by combining its Office Suite with its Copilot AI.

“The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is your everyday productivity app for work and life that helps you find and edit files, scan documents, and create content on the go,” the company said at the time.

It seems, however, that Microsoft has realized what many companies have: Unfettered AI usage is awfully