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Microsoft says companies should closely monitor the AI agents employees use to access systems that aren't controlled by AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, likening the agents to insider threats.
Why it matters: It signals that Microsoft is treating agent access to outside systems as a security risk for enterprises.
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Background
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OpenAI
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- $30B · 31 Oct 2026
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- GPT-6.1 Terra Pro · 26 Oct 2026 · $1 in / $5 out per million tokens
Anthropic
- Latest funding
- Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
- Newest model on the API
- Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026 · $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
Source
“Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents that employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.”
Reporting from a publisher outside the organisation being covered.
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