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Microsoft Adds Claude Models to Copilot 365 👀
How to swap, add or remove elements in any video
Gina Acosta
September 25, 2025
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
Microsoft is expanding its collaboration with Anthropic to bring the startup’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot, which until now has relied mainly on OpenAI.
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
Microsoft Adds Anthropic Models to Microsoft 365 Copilot
xAI Offers Grok to Federal Agencies for 42 Cents
AI Tutorial: How to swap, add or remove elements in any video
AI Tools to check out
AI Findings/Resources
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI News
MICROSOFT
Microsoft Adds Anthropic Models to Microsoft 365 Copilot
In its efforts to lessen reliance on OpenAI, Microsoft is bringing Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users starting today.
Details:
The company clarified that Copilot itself will continue to be powered by OpenAI, but users now have the “flexibility to use Anthropic models too.”
Microsoft’s Researcher agent gets a new “Try Claude” button: after opting in, users can switch between OpenAI and Claude Opus 4.1 with a single click.
Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 will also be available as model options in Copilot Studio, Microsoft’s platform for building AI agents.
Microsoft emphasized, ‘This is just the beginning’ of the collaboration between the two companies, promising that ‘Anthropic models will bring even more powerful experiences to Microsoft 365 Copilot,’ which adds to reports suggesting that Claude could be coming to Excel and PowerPoint soon.
TOGETHER WITH LEVANTA
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Here’s why it matters:
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Millions of shoppers discover products through trusted publishers
Levanta is working directly with these publishers to introduce them to a small number of 7–9 figure brands.
If you qualify, your products could be featured in high-traffic placements that deliver predictable CAC and directly measurable sales.
XAI
xAI Offers Grok to Federal Agencies for 42 Cents
Elon Musk’s xAI has struck a deal with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to sell access to its Grok chatbot to federal agencies for 42 cents over 18 months.
Details:
The contract covers Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast, which xAI describes as its most advanced reasoning models, and includes access to xAI engineers to help agencies implement the company’s tools.
The 42-cent price point undercuts OpenAI and Anthropic, which price their government offerings at $1 per year, and it is also a nod to Musk’s long-running use of ‘420’ references in business dealings.
xAI was close to being approved as a GSA vendor earlier this year, but after Grok’s “MechaHitler” incident on X, the planned partnership reportedly fell through.
This agreement is the latest deal under GSA’s “OneGov Strategy,” launched in April to standardize technology procurement and expand government use of AI. The initiative also approved Meta’s Llama model for agency use earlier this week, making it available to federal customers at no cost.
AI Tutorial
How to swap, add or remove elements in any video
AI makes it easy to swap, add, or remove objects in videos in just a few steps.
Here’s how:
Go to Kling AI and sign in.
Select Video → Multi-Elements.
Here, you’ll see three options: Swap, Add, and Delete. Choose one. (We’ll use the Swap option as an example.)
Upload your video.
Click on the object you want to replace, refine the selection if needed, then click Confirm.
Upload your replacement image and add a prompt.
“Swap [object1] from [@Image] with [object2] from [@Video].”
Click Generate.
Once it’s ready, click Download to save your edited video.
The process is similar for the Delete and Add options:
Add Prompt:
“Using the context of the reference video, seamlessly add [subject] [specific location].”Delete Prompt:
“Delete [description of what to remove].”
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AI Findings/Resources
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The latest in AI and Tech
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