{"id":"69f35c60-c058-465b-bbcc-21d81a617183","url":"https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/09/04/my-word-microsofts-prepping-similarity-checker-for-retirement/5294550","domain":"theregister.com","outlet":{"name":"Theregister","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"My Word. Microsoft's prepping Similarity Checker for retirement","plainHeadline":"Microsoft retires Word's Similarity Checker on Oct 3, 2026","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Microsoft is retiring Word's Similarity Checker on October 3, 2026.","The feature will be removed from Microsoft Editor but Copilot remains unaffected.","Similarity Checker compared text to online sources and provided a similarity score.","Word’s citation, spelling, and grammar features are not impacted by the retirement.","Microsoft states the change lets focus on experiences used more broadly in Word."],"topics":[],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T15:19:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-04T16:58:51.595Z","story":null}