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Microsoft adds Grok to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Microsoft added SpaceXAI’s Grok models to its Foundry service last year, and now it’s expanding the access to Copilot itself. Grok models can now be used in Word, Excel and PowerPoint from the model picker interface for Microsoft Frontier users. Microsoft says it’s starting with a preview release to “gather feedback.” This means Office Copilot users can now pick between OpenAI’s GPT models, Anthropic’s Claude models, and SpaceXAI’s Grok models. [Image: Grok inside Microsoft Excel. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/grokoffice.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

China: AI CEOs are “fear mongering.”

When asked about the flurry of weekend blog posts and tweets from the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, SpaceX, (and Alphabet’s Hassabis) calling for a coordinated slowdown on the development of advanced AI models, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said, “Fear mongering, confrontation, competition will just disrupt [the] process of global AI governance.” That partially aligns with Trump’s view that the execs are overreacting and “bringing up things that won’t happen,” but at least Beijing supports international regulation. [Link: China says AI CEOs' call for a slowdown is 'fear mongering' | https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/china-ai-slowdown-us-tech-ceos.html | CNBC]

Sam Altman: Let’s slow down.

Last night, the OpenAI CEO lent additional support to Anthropic’s CEO urging AI companies to slow down advanced model development. “When we talk about ‘pacing,’ we do not mean ‘stopping.’ Progress has been rapid and will continue to be. But it should be slower than it otherwise could be,” said Altman. That statement seems targeted at Trump and Co who fear letting China catch up. “No amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness, or let capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring.” “Where we will need the help of our government is for international coordination. But first we should do what we can ourselves,” Altman added. [Link: OpenAI boss Sam Altman spells out how and why the AI industry wants to slow down: 'We could lose control' | https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/sam-altman-ai-slowdown-anthropic-amodei-musk.html | CNBC]

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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