Microsoft Enhances Copilot with Collaboration, Google Integration
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Microsoft has introduced new features for its digital assistant, Copilot, including collaboration capabilities and deeper integration with applications such as Outlook, and Google. These enhancements aim to beef up Microsoft's artificial intelligence services to stave off competition.
Other artificial intelligence service providers, including Anthropic, and OpenAI, are upgrading their models. These companies are also launching products designed to capture a wider share of the booming AI market.
With user permission, Copilot can now apply reasoning capabilities across tabs in Microsoft's Edge browser. This enables it to summarise content, compare information, and take actions like booking a hotel.
Users can also transform previous searches into "storylines." This feature allows individuals to revisit older ideas and concepts.
Alongside the software features, the company unveiled an avatar named "Mico." This avatar, a nod to Microsoft Copilot, can display expressions and change colour to create more natural conversations, Microsoft stated.
Copilot Groups transforms the assistant into a shared space, supporting up to 32 people. This functionality enables users to collaborate on writing, and other projects together.
The digital assistant also features long-term memory, assisting users in tracking thoughts, and lists. Personalisation allows Copilot to remember a user's important information for recall in future interactions.
"It's absolutely essential for a companion to have memory. With Copilot's long-term memory, it naturally picks up on important details, and remembers them long after you've had the conversation," said AI Product Manager Ella Steckler at Microsoft.
Microsoft has also improved Copilot's handling of health-related questions. This enhancement addresses how to ground responses from credible sources, responding to rising concerns over misinformation from AI-generated answers.
The updates are currently live in the United States. Microsoft plans to roll them out across the UK, Canada, and other regions in the coming weeks.
Microsoft Copilot now features collaboration tools and deeper integration with applications like Outlook and Google.
New functionalities include Edge browser reasoning, "storylines" for previous searches, and a "Mico" avatar for natural conversations.
Copilot supports Groups for up to 32 users, long-term memory, and personalisation.
Source: REUTERS