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Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

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Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft appears to be prepping its sales team to get more competitive with the other major players in the AI industry.

At an internal meeting on Tuesday, the company’s executives outlined a plan for salespeople to negatively compare AI products from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to its own, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The meeting, billed as a strategy session for the new fiscal year, reportedly leaned heavily on pitching the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Microsoft’s in-house models against those of its rivals.

Originally reported by TechCrunch. Read the full story at the original source.