Microsoft Shifts Internal AI Strategy, Favors OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Over Anthropic's Claude Code

Microsoft has issued an internal memo stating that 'tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for,' making OpenAI's GPT-5.6 the default internal model for engineers, replacing a previous auto-router that included Anthropic's Claude Code.

6 Aug, 03:36 — 6 Aug, 03:36

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After 'ban' on Claude Code, Microsoft has more 'bad news' for Anthropic

Microsoft has told engineers that "tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for" in a new internal memo from EVP Jay Parikh. The memo makes OpenAI's GPT-5.6 the default internal model, replacing an auto-router that had been sending GitHub Copilot workloads to Anthropic's Claude. Every Microsoft division now carries an AI token budget target, months after Claude Code licences were cancelled.

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Microsoft Shifts Internal AI Strategy, Favors OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Over Anthropic's Claude Code

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After 'ban' on Claude Code, Microsoft has more 'bad news' for Anthropic

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