Microsoft is reportedly training marketers to badmouth OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch0

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• July 16, 2026

Microsoft appears to be preparing its sales team to be more competitive with the other major players in the artificial intelligence industry. In an internal meeting on Tuesday, company executives outlined a plan for vendors to negatively compare artificial intelligence products from companies like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to their own, according to a new