#copilot

#copilot

Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10, all but forcing users to either upgrade or pay more money to keep getting essential security updates for the OS they already own. No matter that its replacement, Windows 11, can't be run on nearly half a billion machines, meaning it'll create mountains of e-waste as those old, perfectly usable PCs get thrown out for new ones.

In an X post on Monday, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the company's AI division, announced that those individual memory preferences will, in turn, shape the chatbot's future responses. For example, you can now ask Copilot to remember that you're vegetarian, so that it takes that dietary restriction into account when responding to your later requests for local restaurant recommendations.

During a fireside chat at LinkedIn's San Francisco office on Tuesday, Ryan Roslansky said using AI is like "having a second brain" that knows him "extremely well." It's why AI is helpful almost every time he sends important emails to his boss, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. "A lot of the time when I'm sending a super high-stakes email to Satya Nadella or other CEOs or world leaders or etcetera, you've got to make sure you sound super smart when you do that," Roslansky said.

On Thursday, Microsoft announced four new Copilot skills accessible from File Explorer. By right-clicking on any supported file stored in OneDrive, you can ask Copilot to summarize it, answer questions about it, and create an FAQ. And by selecting as many as five files, you can tell the AI to compare them all. To tap into the new skills, you'll need a Microsoft 365 Family or Personal subscription. The files you wish to analyze must be stored in OneDrive and appear in File Explorer.

To date, Microsoft's efforts to drive AI features into Windows have been largely limited to laptops carrying the Copilot+ branding. Now, MSI has decided that anyone wanting a desktop mini PC should be able to access the same AI tricks and toys like Recall, Studio Effects, Live Captions, Paint Cocreator, and Click to Do. Now, this is no place to debate the benefits

Siddiq et al. (2022) noted that code smells were prevalent in suggestions from Copilot, identifying 18 distinct types highlighting potential quality issues.

Microsoft's Build conference highlights its commitment to integrating AI into its products, showcasing its Copilot tools as a major revenue driver.