Grok models land in Microsoft Copilot across Word, Excel and PowerPoint as a subprocessor

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Microsoft is rolling xAI's Grok models into Copilot inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with xAI acting as a subprocessor handling prompts under Microsoft's data-processing terms. Reports note system prompts keep Grok outputs strictly work-appropriate.

Why it matters

Microsoft's productivity suite, previously an OpenAI stronghold, now ships a second frontier lab's models to hundreds of millions of Office users — a concrete diversification of Microsoft's AI supply chain.

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Second frontier lab's models shipped to hundreds of millions of Office users

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