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