Microsoft Eyes DeepSeek V4 as Copilot Cowork Costs Spike

Microsoft has confirmed it's exploring a fine-tuned, self-hosted version of DeepSeek V4 as a lower-cost alternative to the Anthropic and OpenAI models currently powering Copilot Cowork. The disclosure came directly to Axios journalist Ina Fried on June 16 — the same day Microsoft made Copilot Cowork...