Subj : Fed up with Windows 11s Copilot already? Then you wont like this
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jan 05 2024 13:00:05

Fed up with Windows 11s Copilot already? Then you wont like this leak which 
suggests the AI could be inserted into File Explorer

Date:
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:56:15 +0000

Description:
Get ready for Copilot to start showing up in more places in the Windows 11 
interface.

FULL STORY
======================================================================

 Windows 11 might soon witness Copilot coming to File Explorer, or in other 
words, the folders on your desktop that you use to interact with files on a 
daily basis. 

The theory is that Microsoft could be planning to bring the Copilot AI to 
these folders based on a line of code uncovered by a leaker on X (formerly 
Twitter). 

PhantomOfEarth made the revelation in a tweet that noted theres a new feature 
called CopilotFEContextMenu present in test builds of Windows 11 which can be 
enabled using a special configuration tool. (Not that theres any point in 
doing so, as the feature doesnt do anything yet  its just a signal of 
Microsofts potential intentions here). Looks like Copilot is coming to File 
Explorer context menus in some way soon, the latest Canary and Dev builds 
include a new velocity feature called CopilotFEContextMenu, 45647150 January 
3, 2024 See more 

As the name suggests, this would appear to hint at a context menu option. In 
other words, when you right click a file in a folder, a choice relating to 
Copilot will be present in the menu that pops up. 

As theorized, it might be a Send to Copilot option that passes the file to 
the AI, whereupon youll presumably get the assistant popping up offering 
further choices (summarizing a document, for example). Analysis: No 
surprises, but maybe alarms for some 

All of this is mere speculation, of course, at this point, and lines of code 
in the background are the very earliest of signs that something is happening 
around a potential feature. 

However, itd be no great surprise to see Copilot integrated into File 
Explorer in this way, as it makes sense to have a convenient option to invoke 
the AI when you want it to work with a specific file. 

Certainly, Microsoft has made no secret that its massively focusing on 
pushing AI across all its products, including Windows. Only yesterday we saw 
that Microsoft is ushering in a new key for the keyboards of Windows PCs  a 
move mirroring the introduction of the Windows key itself nearly 30 years 
ago. 

Think about it for a moment: thats how important Copilot is, in that it gets 
a dedicated key in the same vein as the key named after the operating system 
itself. 

Itd be a shock if Microsoft wasnt planning to introduce Copilot to other 
parts of the Windows 11 interface , frankly, and we can certainly expect 
further ways of invoking the AI across the desktop in the future  alongside 
the ability to directly summon Copilot from the keyboard as mentioned. 

The best that those who arent so keen on Copilot can hope for is that they 
get ways to turn off the AI assistant across the board in Windows 11. 

Via Neowin You might also like... Windows 11 remains an unloved OS  but why 
won't people upgrade? Windows 11 is getting a voice-powered ability many 
users have been longing for Dont make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 
11



======================================================================
Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/fed-up-with-windows-11s-copilot-al
ready-then-you-wont-like-this-leak-which-suggests-the-ai-could-be-inserted-int
o-file-explorer


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)

.