Microsoft Announces AI-Driven Microsoft Copilot To Enhance Productivity

At a major event in New York, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Copilot, a groundbreaking AI companion designed to revolutionise the way people interact with technology and enhance productivity. This solution will be available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Edge and Bing for a seamless AI-powered experience across applications and devices.

“We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from technology. With the convergence of chat interfaces and large-language models, you can now ask for what you want in natural language, and the technology is smart enough to answer, create it or take action. At Microsoft, we think about this as having a copilot to help navigate any task,” said Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer.

Key Announcements:

· Microsoft Copilot – Microsoft AI capabilities have been unified into a single experience called Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, work data and what you are doing in the moment to provide better assistance – with privacy and security at the forefront. The simple and seamless experience will be freely available in Windows 11, in Microsoft 365, and in the web browser with Edge and Bing, available as an app, or can reveal itself when you need it with a right click. Copilot is one AI experience that works across your whole life and will begin to roll out in its early form in the next release of Windows 11 starting September 26.

· Windows 11 Update – Over 200 new features will empower to create faster, complete tasks with ease and lessen the cognitive load – making once complicated tasks simple. Includes Copilot integration, new Outlook for Windows, new capabilities in Paint and Photos enhanced with AI, improved Clipchamp, Notepad, modernised File Explorer, and new natural voices in Narrator to enhance accessibility and productivity. These updates will make Windows the destination for the best AI experiences and will roll out from September 26 with the latest update to Windows 11, version 22H2.

· Bing Chat Enterprise Updates – More than 160 million Microsoft 365 users already have access to Bing Chat Enterprise at no additional cost, and Bing Chat Enterprise is now available on Microsoft Edge mobile app. Multimodal visual search and Image Creator will also be added to boost creativity at work.

· Microsoft 365 Copilot for Enterprise – Will be generally available for enterprise customers from November 1, 2023, along with Microsoft 365 Chat, a new AI assistant that will completely transform the way you work. 

· New Surface Devices – Surface devices being launched with the latest AI innovations for people and businesses. 

From Windows 11 as the destination for the best AI experiences to empower people using it at work, school and home; to Microsoft 365, the most trusted productivity suite on the planet; to Bing and Edge, the most innovative search engine and browser available. All of it comes together on Windows 11 PCs like Surface, and with Copilot empowering businesses to get things done.