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Microsoft wants to make its Copilot AI software more of a personal assistant for users. In future, Copilot will be able to read out a summary of the latest news and hold conversations with people, among other things.
Another new function is called Copilot Vision and can answer questions about what you are currently seeing on a website.
In the first phase, this will initially only work on selected pages, as Microsoft has restricted. The data will not be stored permanently and will not be used to train the AI models. The company was recently criticized for the security measures in a function for PCs that takes screen recordings so that users can quickly find things again.
The Copilot improvements are Microsoft’s next step in an AI race with Google, Apple, the Facebook group Meta and several start-ups.
The Windows group secured early access to technology from ChatGPT developer OpenAI with a multi-billion euro pact and can build on this. At the same time, Apple and Google can incorporate new functions with artificial intelligence directly into the two smartphone platforms. Microsoft Copilot runs on cell phones in an app – but the company can integrate the software deeper into its Windows PC platform.
Prominent AI developer Mustafa Suleyman, who joined Microsoft this year from start-up Inflection AI, outlined the vision of an “AI companion for everyone” at the launch of the new functions, which could automatically take notes at a doctor’s appointment, for example, but could also help with planning a child’s birthday party. However, the path to this future, in which software can also advise people on complex life decisions, will take years.
dpa
