Microsoft Copilot AI was announced on September 21st 2023. This AI-powered update brings OpenAI artificial intelligence technology such as the brand new DALL-E 3 AI image generator to Microsoft software’s. The new copilot will also feature large language models, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT LLM GPT-4, which has been a key part of Bing Chat this year. So how will AI’s capabilities enhance the Windows copilot system?
What is Microsoft Copilot AI?
The new copilot is an AI-enhanced experience across all Microsoft software products.
As an overview, the update brings more than 150 new features to Windows 11. This includes new AI-powered experiences for Photos, and a text prompts to visual draft feature for Paint 3D, and Clipchamp. Bing Image Creator will now benefit from one of the worlds most advanced text-to-image generators, DALL.E 3 from OpenAI. Answers will also be personalised based on your search history, using artificial intelligence. Bing Chat Enterprise, and Bing Shopping, and Github copilot will also be affected by the update.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot is confirmed for enterprise customers on November 1st, 2023, along with Microsoft 365 Chat (previously Business Chat), a new AI assistant familiar to users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT or its many alternatives. Usability for these AI-powered services sees integration in the design of a suite of new Surface devices, which are now available for pre-order.
Where to get Microsoft 365 Copilot AI
The new copilot will begin rollout via a free update to Windows 11, starting September 26th 2023, through to at least November 1st. Bing, Edge, and Microsoft 365 Copilot will follow later this Fall.
Windows 11 Insider preview has featured the early-access beta version since June 2023. This was not a full public roll-out.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will comes at a premium price point, as tech giants like Google and Meta compete for the latest NVIDIA GPU hardware used to power all of these AI systems.
How to use Microsoft’s new generative AI platform
You can use the new AI features in all the Microsoft software programs you already use. This means no more need for ChatGPT workarounds for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
The natural language capabilities of the AI assistant allow you to generate new text anywhere you can write it, as well as summarize it. It can write your emails, analyze existing documents, create a business plan, detect itself to avoid AI-checkers, and even teach you how to code in Python, Javascript and more (as well as fixing it when it doesn’t work)! Essentially, anything ChatGPT can do, but integrated into Microsoft 365.
