Microsoft targets Anthropic with new model releases

Microsoft launched two new large language models specifically designed to compete with Anthropic's offerings. The models are named Phi-4 and Llama-3-70B, with Phi-4 optimized for edge devices and Llama-3-70B for cloud-based applications. Both models are available through Microsoft's Azure AI platform. The release includes open-source code and benchmark results showing improved performance on code generation and reasoning tasks. Microsoft emphasized that these models are built for enterprise deployment and real-time inference.