Microsoft Office AI Clones: After Adobe, Excel, Word and PowerPoint Follow – Free, but Questionable

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Copies of Microsoft Office built with AI are appearing increasingly online for free. After AI copies of Adobe programs, the Office apps Excel, PowerPoint, and Word now follow, reports GameStar. The site classifies the offers as questionable.

Sounds practical at first: Office apps for free instead of via subscription. That's exactly what makes it suspicious. Who is behind the clones, how they technically work, and what risks they pose is not revealed in the GameStar report's teaser.

What is known so far about the Office clones

Confirmed so far: AI-powered replicas of the three Microsoft programs are appearing online, advertised as free downloads. GameStar classifies them as questionable. The available teaser of the report provides no more details – on providers, distribution channels, or specific risks.

Why a free Office clone is almost never a bargain

Microsoft distributes Office via Microsoft 365 on subscription or as a one-time purchase. Full versions that run without a Microsoft account and are simply available on the web do not exist from the manufacturer. Whoever promises this usually wants something else – your data, your clicks, or malware on your computer.

How to keep your computer clean

Download Office only directly from Microsoft: via the official Office website or the Microsoft Store. If an offer sounds too good to be true, it usually is. As soon as GameStar or other specialist media provide concrete names, hashes, or download pages, it's worth a second look at the details – and a full virus scan if you've already clicked.