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On Jan 15, Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) introduced a pay-as-you-go plan for its Copilot Chat, aimed at enhancing AI usage across corporate environments. The on-demand service based of streamlines business operations using automated agents for market research, report generation, and meeting preparation. The free version has its basic functionalities, and a $30 monthly subscription provides you with more premium features, like summarizing Teams calls, transcribing meetings, and generating PPT slides.
With the projected $80 billion annual investments in AI infrastructure and data centers in the fiscal year 2025, the company said that Microsoft is pursuing its opportunistic approach to AI investments. Meant to spur broader AI tool adoption with flexible pricing and AI agents that can be programmed using natural language to [potentially] accomplish tasks with minimal human input, the tech giant hopes more developers will use this tool. Invented as the next evolution of AI technology, these autonomous agents are dangerously poised to give businesses a cost-effective, scalable solution for operational efficiency.
Still, Microsoft wants it widely deployed, but it's come with mixed feedback. A major Copilot usage spike has raised stingers over its adoption, with data security concerns and ambiguity about its value proposition, according to a recent Gartner survey. If Microsoft wants to stay at the forefront of AI as it pertains to the enterprise, it needs to work to address these challenges in light of competition from such platforms as Salesforce's (CRM,Financial) Agentforce at $2 per conversation.
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.