Copilot for Microsoft 365 Adds Priority GPT-4 Turbo Access and Unlimited Conversations

Microsoft announced today some new capabilities for Copilot for Microsoft 365, the paid version of its AI assistant for commercial customers. The first big change is that Copilot for 365 now provides priority access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo model, which provides faster and more accurate responses for both web and work-related queries.

“In the web context, Copilot users get the power of the latest foundation models grounded in the latest public information from the web,” Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President, AI at Work. “The work context lets you go even further by grounding in your work data––that’s your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, contacts, and more––so you get contextually accurate responses,” the exec added.

With Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft has also removed the limits on the number and the length of responses that the AI assistant can provide. Commercial customers also still benefit from enterprise-grade data protection when using the AI assistant in either the web and work context. This means that Microsoft doesn’t retain Copilot responses and doesn’t use customer data to train its models.

Starting in May, Copilot for Microsoft 365 users will also get priority access to Microsoft Designer, as well as expanded image generation capabilities in the DALL·E-powered tool. Microsoft said that it’s planning to raise the maximum number of rapid image generation requests per day to 100.

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is currently priced at $30 per user per month on top of a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 commercial subscription. The AI assistant is currently available on the web at copilot.microsoft.com, mobile devices, or via Copilot in Windows. The assistant is also integrated into various Microsoft 365 apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.