Subj : Microsoft brings Copilot to more Windows 11 testers  but it doesn
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 12:30:03

Microsoft brings Copilot to more Windows 11 testers  but it doesnt seem 
confident in the AI

Date:
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:21:56 +0000

Description:
Microsoft has reasons to be very careful with Copilot, yet it appears to be 
forging ahead  just in an oddly quiet manner.

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Windows Copilot, Microsofts AI assistant for Windows 11 , is now rolling out 
to many more testers. 

 Neowin spotted that Microsoft quietly updated its blog post for build 23493 
in the Dev channel to let us know that Copilot is being made available to 
every tester. 

You may recall that when this build was first released at the end of June, 
Copilot was only made available to a limited number of testers in the Dev 
channel, as Microsoft noted that it was going to monitor feedback and see how 
it lands before pushing it out to everyone. 

Well, the feedback has evidently been received, and going by it, the software 
giant clearly feels it was sound enough to fully roll out Windows Copilot to 
everyone. 

Microsoft updated its blog post to say: The Windows Copilot Preview is now 
available to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Insiders may need to 
reboot to have it show up. Analysis: Mixed messages with confidence levels 
here 

This is a slightly odd one. On the one hand, Microsoft must have a certain 
level of confidence in how Copilot is doing in testing to flip the switch to 
broaden the rollout to everyone. 

On the other hand, Microsoft did this very quietly with just a quick update 
on its blog, and hardly made any fuss about what is in fact quite a major 
move. In that sense, the tech giant's confidence in Copilot appears shakier, 
and it all feels a bit under the radar. (Why not announce a full rollout with 
the next preview and blog post? Because it seems like a sizeable step forward 
for Copilot). 

Maybe were reading too much into this  it wouldnt be the first time  but we 
find it difficult to believe Microsoft is all that happy with Copilot, not 
based on the online feedback weve seen from Dev testers thus far. Those 
comments mainly revolve around how very barebones Copilot is  with barely any 
Windows settings that can be adjusted in this initial incarnation  and also 
how buggy it is. 

Neowin underlines the latter point in its report, noting that Copilot 
currently has a lot of bugs that make it rather a frustrating feature to use. 

Thus far, then, the Copilot rollout seems a bit of an odd process, and 
compounding this matter is that the AI turned up in Dev first, and Canary 
testers  the earliest channel for cutting-edge additions to Windows 11  
havent got a look in yet. Indeed, some people have switched from Canary back 
to the Dev channel because of this. 

Mind you, Canary testers, or anyone else, could always avail themselves of an 
alternative to Copilot on the Windows 11 desktop  namely a resurrected 
ChatGPT-powered Clippy (yes, really).



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-brings-copilot-to-more-w
indows-11-testers-but-it-doesnt-seem-confident-in-the-ai


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