Copilot

On November 5, Microsoft launched its first self-study AI image generation model, MAI-Image-1, in October of this year, and today announced its application to Bing Image Creator and Copilot Auto Express (with the temporary exception of the EU). Mustafa Suleyman, Head of Microsoft AI Department, described the model as “excellent” in producing images of food, natural landscapes, artistic light and factual details. Microsoft watch..

On October 25th, according to TechCrunch, Microsoft officially launched the new AI image "Mico" at the fall launch this week. The design was seen as a return to modernization of the classic assistant "Clippy". Microsoft states that Mico is a virtual, customized image that "hears, responds, and reflects user interaction through colour changes". Mico defaults to be enabled in voice mode, and if the user clicks several times, it can trigger the egg to become "Clippy". The function is now the first in America..

On September 25, according to The Verge, Microsoft will introduce the Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 AI models in Microsoft 365 Copilot, which means that Copilot's model selection is no longer limited to OpenAI and users can use Antropic directly in Researchher and Microsoft Copilot Studio..

News from September 17, Windows Latest published an article yesterday, September 16, reporting that Microsoft is introducing a full memory management function for Copilot and plans to add a Google Drive connector. 1AI quotes Boven, Copilot, who had previously provided personalized experience, was unable to manage memory as comprehensively as ChatGPT. The new version will allow users to enable memory functions on personal data pages and directly add and delete the memory memory of AI in future versions, thus allowing interaction..

Sept. 3 - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has been pushing hard this year to negotiate deep discounts with technology vendors as part of its "OneGov" acquisition strategy. The strategy aims to consolidate the purchasing power of federal agencies to drive down product prices. Recently, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies have announced that they will offer similar deep discounts to U.S. government agencies. Among them, OpenAI plans to offer ChatGPT Enterprise Edition to all federal executive branch employees over the next year for as little as $1 per agency...

August 11 - Microsoft's Copilot app for Windows 11 (and Windows 10) now supports Smart Mode powered by GPT-5. The feature has been rolling out since August 7 and is now widely available in the U.S. and elsewhere. Windows Latest testing has found that the write box in the Copilot app automatically recognizes new models through the "network routing" feature. While the Copilot app itself is a native app that primarily uses WinUI (...

July 31 news, technology media NeoWin yesterday (July 30) published a blog post, reported that Microsoft plans to introduce "intelligent" mode in Copilot, without the need for users to manually switch, will be based on the task, automatically adjust the speed and depth of thinking. Note: Copilot currently offers the following three modes: Quick Response: response time of about 2~3 seconds, can quickly answer the user's daily questions; more in-depth thinking: response time of 30 seconds, mainly suitable for more complex tasks; contemplative study: response time of 10 minutes ...

On Monday, July 29, local time, Microsoft announced a new Copilot Mode (Experimental Mode, currently Windows/Mac only) for the Edge browser, which Nadella said "is the first step in reinventing our browser for the AI era". Similar to Perplexity's Comet browser, Microsoft has integrated an AI intelligence into the Edge browser. When this mode is turned on, Edge activates a new AI feature: instead of passively waiting for a user to click a button, it predicts what the user will do...

July 26, technology media NeoWin published a blog post yesterday (July 25), reporting that Microsoft has launched Copilot Appearance, giving AI chatbots a visual character with expressions, reactions and emotions. Note: Microsoft is only inviting users in the U.S., U.K., and Canada to try out Copilot Appearance, and promises to expand to other countries and regions around the world as soon as possible. Copilot already has regular conversational capabilities, but previously lacked any visual cues or non-verbal communication, leaving users with only abstract animations on their screens. And now...

May 19, Microsoft recently pushed the latest update for Copilot AI, the most important feature of which is the addition of support for OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation technology. 1AI has reported that earlier this year, OpenAI launched the GPT-4o image generator, whose powerful features sparked a buzz, especially the generated Ghibli-style (Ghibli) emoticons on the Internet. Microsoft said, "We've upgraded Copilot's image generation capabilities to 4o image generation, enabling users to...

May 2, 2012 - Technology media Windows Central published a blog post yesterday (May 1) reporting that GitHub Copilot has surpassed 15 million users, a four-fold increase over last year, according to the latest data released by Microsoft. During the Q3 FY2025 conference call, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that GitHub Copilot has evolved from a "programming assistant" to a "programming companion," especially with VS Code's Ag... Code's Ag...

March 26 news, technology media NeoWin today (March 26) published a blog post, reported that Microsoft has launched the latest Researcher (Researcher) and Analyst (Analyst) two AI Copilot intelligent body, based on OpenAI's o3 inference model development, can independently analyze real-time data, and complete multi-step research tasks. Researcher is positioned as a deep research assistant, using OpenAI's o3 Deep Research model, combined with Copil...

March 25 - Tech media outlet Windows Latest published a blog post yesterday, March 24, reporting that Microsoft has updated the Copilot interface once again, marking its sixth major revamp. In September 2024, the Copilot interface was completely revamped, taking design cues from Pi AI, founded by Mustafa Suleyman. The update again adjusted the layout of the interface to make it more user-friendly. Previously, users had to click a button next to a text box to view the chat history. 1...

March 22, 2011 - The HyperX Arena in Las Vegas recently hosted a special competition -- the finals of the seventh annual Excel World Championship -- where 12 spreadsheet experts from around the globe battled it out, PC Mag reported today. The 40-minute digital battle required players to use complex modeling to manipulate World of Warcraft-themed character data to defeat the final boss, and Canada's Michael Jarman narrowly edged out triple champion Andrew Woo with 905 points to win $5,000 (USD...

March 11, 2011 - Tech media outlet NeoWin published a blog post today (March 11) reporting that Microsoft has announced two new interactive ad formats to enhance the chat experience for AI assistants like Copilot. These ads not only dynamically adjust to user input, but also provide an immersive shopping experience designed to find effective commercialization paths for AI assistants. The first ad format is called Microsoft Advertising Showroom ads. The ads...

March 7, 2011 - Last September, OpenAI released the o1 family of AI models that can think deeply before responding. Last October, Microsoft announced a new Copilot feature -- Think Deeper for Pro plan users, which uses OpenAI's o1 inference model to help users solve tough problems, which has been opened to users this year for free and without restrictions. Microsoft today announced enhancements to the Copilot Think Deeper feature, now...

March 4, 2011 - Microsoft today announced that it is providing Copilot+ PCs with the ability to run 7B and 14B models locally by accessing the DeepSeek-R1 7B and 14B distillation models through Azure AI Foundry. Back in January, Microsoft announced plans to bring NPU-optimized versions of the DeepSeek-R1 models directly to Copilot+ PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors. Now, that promise has finally been realized. 1AI from Microsoft's official blog...

In a blog post yesterday (February 21), Microsoft announced that Copilot's newest tool, Visual Creator, is now capable of generating videos in a matter of seconds through integration with Microsoft Clipchamp. Microsoft says Visual Creator is powered by Clipchamp and is currently only available to business users with a Copilot license. Microsoft recommends that organizations engage product teams, project teams, human resources departments, learning and development departments, and even sales groups...

February 8, 2012 - GitHub has announced a series of major updates to its AI programming assistant Copilot, showcasing Copilot's vision for a more autonomous future. One of the most notable features of the update is Copilot's "Vision" feature. This feature allows users to upload screenshots, photos, or diagrams in chat, and Copilot will generate interfaces, code, and alt text based on these images, turning their visual ideas into actual programming. For example, marketing teams...

January 31, 2011 - Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced in a tweet on the X platform yesterday, January 30, that all Microsoft Copilot users now have free access to OpenAI's o1 inference model. This means that the Think Deeper feature will no longer be limited to paid Copilot Pro users, and that all users will be able to utilize the feature for more complex...

January 25 news, technology media Windows Latest yesterday (January 24) published a blog post, reported that Microsoft is beginning to invite Copilot users, free to experience the "depth of thinking" (Think Deeper), will spend more time analyzing the problem, and gradually analyze the reasoning to generate more detailed answers that better meet the user's needs. more detailed, more in line with the user's needs of the answer. Note: Think Deeper is based on OpenAI's o1 model, which was previously only available in Microsoft's Copilot labs, and is available exclusively to Copilot Pro subscribers...

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft is working to introduce in-house and third-party artificial intelligence models into its flagship AI product, Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to move away from its current reliance on OpenAI technology and reduce operational costs, according to people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported. This is Microsoft's latest move to reduce its reliance on OpenAI, which it supports. Previously, Microsoft had heavily touted its early access to OpenAI models.In March 2023, when Microsoft released 365 Copilot, its main...

December 17, 2011 - Microsoft has sought to make the next generation of Windows PCs "Copilot+ PCs" and "AI PCs" by adding a physical Copilot key to the keyboards of all new Windows 11 AI PCs certified as "Copilot+ PCs", as well as a physical Copilot key on the keyboards of all new Windows 11 AI PCs certified as "Copilot+ PCs". To that end, all new Windows 11 AI PCs certified as "Copilot+ PCs" have a physical Copilot key on their keyboards. However, this hasty decision is now being regretted by Microsoft, who have had to advise some users to remap the key's functionality. According to 1AI, Copilot's evolution on Windows 11...

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft is testing a new update to the Copilot app on Windows 11 that it says transforms it from an Edge-powered web app to a "native" Windows 11 app. However, apart from cosmetic changes, the actual Copilot experience is still web-dependent and not fundamentally different from previous versions, WindowsCentral reports. 1AI notes that Microsoft describes the new Copilot as follows: "With this update, the...