Straight up using Anthropic’s branding huh? I guess I’m not surprised. It’s Microsoft. And they won’t play fair and confusing the branding of Cowork is likely purposeful. Anthropic is maybe desperate to get their funding after losing government contracts from all the agencies.
At some point the old MS playbook will be applied here and Anthropic will be extinguished. Like Google, Microsoft will probably reap the profits of AI by using existing customer contracts and distribution and immense capital to make up for the lack of innovation. Doesn’t seem fair that these mega corps can be far behind but catch up with capital and incumbent advantages.
mephitix•2h ago
They worked with Anthropic on this - wrapping Claude Cowork.
lemonish97•2h ago
Clearly shows you haven't opened the link?
"Working closely with Anthropic, we have integrated the technology behind Claude Cowork into Microsoft 365 Copilot."
SilverElfin•1h ago
The mention of Anthropic is towards the end of the post where it’s mostly unseen. Do you think that’s purposeful or accidental?
If you’re old enough, the Microsoft playbook is clear because they’ve done it so many times. At some point they’ll walk away from Anthropic, keep the branding, and having confused the marketplace and gained users, Anthropic will not be able to sell their own cowork to the businesses that all use Office 365 and get “cowork” for free in their contracts.
SilverElfin•2h ago
At some point the old MS playbook will be applied here and Anthropic will be extinguished. Like Google, Microsoft will probably reap the profits of AI by using existing customer contracts and distribution and immense capital to make up for the lack of innovation. Doesn’t seem fair that these mega corps can be far behind but catch up with capital and incumbent advantages.
mephitix•2h ago
lemonish97•2h ago
"Working closely with Anthropic, we have integrated the technology behind Claude Cowork into Microsoft 365 Copilot."
SilverElfin•1h ago
If you’re old enough, the Microsoft playbook is clear because they’ve done it so many times. At some point they’ll walk away from Anthropic, keep the branding, and having confused the marketplace and gained users, Anthropic will not be able to sell their own cowork to the businesses that all use Office 365 and get “cowork” for free in their contracts.