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- A developer who previously cloned Adobe Photoshop using AI has now built free replicas of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint using Anthropic's Claude.
- Mashable frames the releases as free, open-source alternatives to Microsoft's Office suite, while TechSpot emphasizes the developer's track record of cloning flagship creative software.
Why it matters: A single developer, using Anthropic's Claude, has now built free AI-powered clones of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — following their earlier AI clone of Adobe Photoshop. Two of tech's biggest software vendors now each have a free, AI-built counterpart produced by one independent developer.
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