<p>Davos, Switzerland: Microsoft on Monday said that consumers and small businesses can buy subscriptions to access more capabilities in its artificial intelligence "Copilot", as it moves to grow sales beyond large enterprises.</p>.<p>After introducing a free AI Copilot for its Bing search engine last year, Microsoft will offer what it calls Copilot Pro to individuals for $20 a month.</p>.<p>The subscription will add a text-drafting, number-crunching AI assistant to Microsoft's widely used applications including Word and Excel, and it will give purchasers access to new tools and AI models such as GPT-4 Turbo.</p>.<p>The company also said it was removing a 300-person minimum requirement to buy the enterprise version of the software, making the security controls and Microsoft Teams upgrade that come with the $30 per-month per-user Copilot available to smaller businesses.</p>.Microsoft edges out Apple as world's most valuable company.<p>Microsoft now expects virtually all of its business customers to sign up, Corporate Vice President Jared Spataro said in an interview.</p>.<p>"I can't imagine a commercial organisation out there that will not buy at least a seat of Copilot to see what it's all about," he said.</p>.<p>Alphabet's Google is competing with Microsoft in marketing AI for productivity and cloud software to business customers.</p>.<p>Microsoft's Copilot Pro is also entering an increasingly competitive consumer market. </p><p>ChatGPT's creator OpenAI, which Microsoft has funded, announced a $20-per-month subscription nearly a year ago called ChatGPT Plus that gives early access to new features and AI models.</p>.<p>Spataro said Copilot Pro would stand apart because it is integrated into applications that "people use every day".</p>
<p>Davos, Switzerland: Microsoft on Monday said that consumers and small businesses can buy subscriptions to access more capabilities in its artificial intelligence "Copilot", as it moves to grow sales beyond large enterprises.</p>.<p>After introducing a free AI Copilot for its Bing search engine last year, Microsoft will offer what it calls Copilot Pro to individuals for $20 a month.</p>.<p>The subscription will add a text-drafting, number-crunching AI assistant to Microsoft's widely used applications including Word and Excel, and it will give purchasers access to new tools and AI models such as GPT-4 Turbo.</p>.<p>The company also said it was removing a 300-person minimum requirement to buy the enterprise version of the software, making the security controls and Microsoft Teams upgrade that come with the $30 per-month per-user Copilot available to smaller businesses.</p>.Microsoft edges out Apple as world's most valuable company.<p>Microsoft now expects virtually all of its business customers to sign up, Corporate Vice President Jared Spataro said in an interview.</p>.<p>"I can't imagine a commercial organisation out there that will not buy at least a seat of Copilot to see what it's all about," he said.</p>.<p>Alphabet's Google is competing with Microsoft in marketing AI for productivity and cloud software to business customers.</p>.<p>Microsoft's Copilot Pro is also entering an increasingly competitive consumer market. </p><p>ChatGPT's creator OpenAI, which Microsoft has funded, announced a $20-per-month subscription nearly a year ago called ChatGPT Plus that gives early access to new features and AI models.</p>.<p>Spataro said Copilot Pro would stand apart because it is integrated into applications that "people use every day".</p>