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Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion - The Official Microsoft Blog (blogs.microsoft.com)
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Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and security at the forefront. It will be a simple and seamless experience, available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and in our web browser with Edge and Bing. It will work as an app or reveal itself when you need it with a right click. We will continue to add capabilities and connections to Copilot across to our most-used applications over time in service of our vision to have one experience that works across your whole life.

Copilot will begin to roll out in its early form as part of our free update to Windows 11, starting Sept. 26 — and across Bing, Edge, and Microsoft 365 Copilot this fall. We’re also announcing some exciting new experiences and devices to help you be more productive, spark your creativity, and to meet the everyday needs of people and businesses.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So it's finally happening. I'm honestly a bit pessimistic on the whole AI integrated into the system thing, I hope there's an easy option to turn it off or dismiss it entirely. I can see myself using this to ask it where the hell the setting I'm looking for is, but that's about it.

I also bet this will be way more useful than microsoft's unhinged forums for tech support. It can't get worse with "have you tried running nfc /scannow" as a response to every unrelated problem.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The easy way to turn it off is not paying for it. It’s like $30/user/month.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man, I bet Microsoft's sales department is stoked. Selling AI to clueless executives is going to be super easy and at $30 a user a month, probably with a minimum six month license or something, they're gonna make bank selling snake oil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it can be bundled with office subscriptions for a discounted price of an extra 45$ a month, perfect to accelerate your office's productivity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It will later be included in Windows 11, version 23H2, the annual feature update for Window 11, which will be released in Q4 of this calendar year. With the feature update, Copilot in Windows will be on by default, but under your control with Microsoft Intune policy or Group Policy.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/copilot-in-windows-and-new-cloud-pc-experiences-coming-to/ba-p/3933653

Copilot will begin to roll out in its early form as part of our free update to Windows 11, starting Sept. 26 — and across Bing, Edge, and Microsoft 365 Copilot this fall.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/

I am fairly certain that "Copilot for windows" will be "free" while the more advanced Microsoft 365 Copilot will be the one that costs $30 extra per user (on top of any licenses like E3 or E5)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So is the free version there to tell you the weather and mine even more data from you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh. I thought there'd be a free tier like Bing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bing is the free tier, to get people to use it. Co-pilot was never going to be free. They need to recoup the $10 Billion investment in OpenAI.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Here's a link to a page that was gone before I finished copying the url and doesn't forward anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Omg, I saw an answer on there the other day from 2018 talking about "software conflicts". They don't even know what they're talking about most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can see Microsoft being even more aggressive with beating features into you with windows. Best steer clear if possible