June 17, 2026

Microsoft might put China’s DeepSeek inside Copilot to tame its AI bills

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Microsoft is considering putting a Chinese AI model inside its enterprise Copilot, and the reason is money. The company told Axios it is exploring a self-hosted, fine-tuned version of DeepSeek V4, or another open-source model, as a cheaper option to...