Microsoft’s latest AI product Copilot, which promises to be a real game changer when it comes to applying Generative AI to business, now has pricing available.
It will cost $30 per user per month and, as we saw recently, will be an add-on license to Microsoft 365 E3/E5/Business Std/Business Premium.
That’s higher than I was expecting; I thought they’d go lower to ensure as many people as possible got on-board. I know there stand to be some really great time savings and productivity increases but an additional $360,000 per year for an organisation licensing 1,000 users seems quite steep.
Of course, many organisations won’t pay that price in reality with volume discounts on EA, negotiated discounts etc. but it will still represent a large investment for many.
Bing Enterprise Chat
This has also been announced – a way to give employees a more powerful way of searching without risking data leakage. Microsoft state:
“Chat data is not saved, and Microsoft has no eyes-on access – which means no one can view your data. And, your data is not used to train the models.”
This is included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5/Business Std/Business Premium free of charge and you can access Bing Chat Enterprise using your work account wherever Bing Chat is supported — Bing.com/chat and the Microsoft Edge sidebar. It will eventually be available as a standalone offering for $5 per user per month.
See the announcement from Microsoft here.
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