Microsoft (MSFT) is bringing generative AI capabilities to Windows PCs. Announced at the company’s Build developer conference on Tuesday, the feature, called “Windows Copilot,” will allow users to access AI-powered bots directly from the Windows taskbar without launching a secondary program.
Windows Copilot, which will be available in preview in June, will work across apps, allowing users to do everything from simple fact-finding to completing more complex tasks, according to Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay. can be executed.
“If you want to call your family in Cyprus, you can instantly check the local time and avoid waking them up in the middle of the night,” Panay explained in a statement. “If I want to plan a trip to visit them in Cyprus, I can let Windows Copilot find airfare and accommodation for my family’s midwinter vacation.”
The idea is that this app will act as a kind of all-purpose helper for Windows users. Panay said the software can also work with his Bing Chat and first- and third-party plugins, allowing developers to create additional ways for users to interact with the app.
Windows Copilot can control settings on your PC, so you can ask Windows Copilot to do things like turn on Focus Assist features in Windows. You can also summarize and compose texts from other apps.
The company also announced Tuesday that it will offer enterprise customers the ability to build their own co-pilot to suit their business objectives. According to Eric Boyd, his CVP of Azure AI at Microsoft, a company with a variety of healthcare plans, for example, has a bot that allows employees to use natural language to search for the right plan that covers their glasses. will be able to create You can search instead of having to read through pages of irrelevant information.
Boyd shared a similar example of manufacturing giant Siemens using bots to help employees quickly access and understand the quality control of their products.
Microsoft is racing to become Silicon Valley’s go-to name for generative AI, thanks to its multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI. But rivals Google (GOOG, GOOGL), which helped develop the technology used in generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, are not far behind.
The company, like Microsoft, offers its own generative AI chatbot known as Bard. And at his Google I/O developer conference this month, an experimental version of the search engine with generative AI capabilities debuted.
Microsoft and Google aren’t the only big players looking to ride the generative AI wave. Facebook’s parent company Meta (META) is also developing its own generative AI software, and Apple (AAPL) is also According to Fortuneis ramping up its workforce to advance generative AI.
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