Microsoft is trying to make users use Copilot more by removing a popular and helpful dictionary feature in Microsoft Word. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

The defunct feature used to let users search for definitions and online articles about highlighted words and phrases.

Despite charging you more for its new, AI-inclusive plan, Microsoft is actually taking some features away. In an effort to thrust its Copilot AI tool on you, Microsoft Office apps will no longer offer Smart Lookup,

Microsoft is bringing OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model to all Copilot users this week. You won’t need to subscribe to a $20 monthly Copilot Pro or ChatGPT Plus plan to get it either, as Microsoft is making it free for all users of Copilot.

OpenAI's o1 reasoning model usually requires a costly subscription, but it's now free to all Microsoft Copilot users. This move follows a surge in popularity for Chinese AI app Deepseek and its free reasoning model earlier this week.

Everyone knows about Microsoft's and OpenAI's tight partnership. As such, the former is able to gain access to some of the latter's most powerful AI