#copilot

#copilot

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.

You can't use Copilot inside Notepad to generate new text; instead, it allows you to rewrite and tweak existing text after you've selected it.