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Microsoft has a discount AI deal for the US government too.

The GSA and Microsoft announced a discount deal on Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, and other services, promising “potential savings of $3.1 billion in the first year” with free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for one year.

OpenAI and Anthropic already offered similar discounts for AI access, but what’s the price in year two?

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