Microsoft Unveils Integration of OpenAI GPT-5 Across Consumer, Developer, and Enterprise Solutions
Redmond, WA – August 7, 2025: Microsoft today announced the immediate integration of OpenAI’s latest and most advanced artificial intelligence model, GPT-5, across its broad portfolio of consumer, developer, and enterprise products, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio, and Azure AI Foundry.
This rollout marks a pivotal shift in how Microsoft’s AI-powered offerings deliver value, promising enhanced contextual understanding, more efficient problem-solving, and seamless automation capabilities across individual and business workflows.
GPT-5 Powers Next-Generation Productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot
The Microsoft 365 suite now benefits from GPT-5’s advanced conversational intelligence through its Copilot feature, which immediately became available to both business and consumer customers on August 7.
GPT-5 introduces a real-time router system that intelligently selects the best internal model to respond to queries—optimizing for performance speed on routine questions while activating a deeper reasoning model for more complex problems.
With access to user-permissioned data such as emails, documents, and files, GPT-5 enhances Copilot’s ability to deliver contextual, actionable responses directly within popular apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook, redefining productivity for millions worldwide.
Empowering Developers with Advanced AI in GitHub and Visual Studio
Developers gain immediate access to GPT-5 via GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code, facilitating more sophisticated coding assistance with agentic workflows that can automate complex programming tasks.
GPT-5 significantly improves reasoning and contextual awareness, allowing developers to tackle comprehensive challenges such as code refactoring, large codebase navigation, and aesthetic enhancements in front-end designs.
Microsoft also reaffirms its commitment to open development by open-sourcing GitHub Copilot, allowing deeper community participation in integrating AI assistance at the core of software development.
Enterprise-Grade AI with Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Foundry now offers GPT-5 under its Standard package, available with flexible deployment options that meet stringent data residency, compliance, privacy, and security standards across global and regional zones including the U.S. and European Union.
The Foundry Agent Service, powered by GPT-5, enhances AI apps and agents with built-in tools such as browser automation and real-time observability features, enabling enterprises to confidently scale AI-powered applications from pilot to production.
Significant Leap in AI Capability and Efficiency
GPT-5 represents a major advance over previous models, demonstrating superior performance across multiple domains, including coding, mathematical problem solving, scientific reasoning, and language comprehension.
Built on Microsoft Azure’s AI supercomputing infrastructure, GPT-5 operates with remarkable efficiency—delivering 50-80% fewer output tokens for the same or better quality results, which translates into faster and more cost-effective AI interactions.
Looking Ahead: Expanding AI Integration
Microsoft intends for GPT-5 to continue evolving as a unified AI system that not only enhances existing applications but also underpins emerging tools like Copilot Studio for creating custom AI agents capable of performing user-like tasks autonomously.
With this robust integration, Microsoft positions itself at the forefront of AI-infused productivity and development tools, continuing its mission to blur the lines between human intelligence and machine augmentation.
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