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Microsoft\u00a0on 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The company also said it was removing a 300-person minimum requirement to buy the enterprise version of the software, making the security controls and Microsoft Teams upgrade that come with the $30 per-month per-user Copilot available to smaller businesses.<\/p>\n

Microsoft now expects virtually all of its business customers to sign up, Corporate Vice President Jared Spataro said in an interview.<\/p>\n

“I can’t imagine a commercial organisation out there that will not buy at least a seat of Copilot to see what it’s all about,” he said.<\/p>\n

Alphabet’s\u00a0Google is competing with Microsoft in marketing AI for productivity and cloud software to business customers.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s Copilot Pro is also entering an increasingly competitive consumer market. ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, which Microsoft has funded, announced a $20-per-month subscription nearly a year ago called ChatGPT Plus that gives early access to new features and AI models.<\/p>\n

Spataro said Copilot Pro would stand apart because it is integrated into applications that “people use every day”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n