Microsoft Unveils Copilot, AI Integration for Productivity

Microsoft has taken another step in the direction of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its products. The company announced Microsoft Copilot on September 21, which combines Windows interfaces with language models.

According to Microsoft’s announcement, the solution will be accessible as an app or by right-clicking. It will be integrated into popular applications such as Paint, Photos, and Clipchamp.

While OpenAI’s new DALL-E 3 model will support Bing, Microsoft 365 Copilot will incorporate a chat assistant for enterprise solutions.

Microsoft’s announcement stated, “We are entering a new era of AI, one that fundamentally alters how we interact with and benefit from technology.”

The company announced that an early version of Copilot will be available as a free Windows 11 update beginning on September 26 and across Bing, Edge, and Microsoft 365 later this year.

Microsoft 365 Copilot is designed to assist users and businesses with repetitive duties such as document writing, summarizing, and presentation creation.

The solution utilizes Microsoft’s traditional applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and costs $30 per month per user in addition to the subscription charge for accessing Microsoft 365 applications.

Macquarie’s projections for Fortune indicate that Microsoft’s Office 365 product has approximately 382 million commercial users.

Even if only 2.5% of these users elect the $30 Copilot 365 upgrade, the company could generate an additional $3.4 billion in annual revenue, according to the report’s estimates.

Microsoft is also developing Bing features that provide personalized results. According to the company, its AI models will be able to cross-reference chat history to provide new results for users, such as informing you when your preferred soccer team is playing in your area and when you are available to attend.

Bing will also ask its users more queries when shopping online and then use that information to provide more tailored results.