Subj : Microsoft's AI gamble with Windows Copilot could be another Clipp
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue May 23 2023 16:15:03

Microsoft's AI gamble with Windows Copilot could be another Clippy fiasco

Date:
Tue, 23 May 2023 15:00:12 +0000

Description:
AI-powered Windows Copilot for Windows 11 could be huge  or a big fail.

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At Microsofts Build 2023 keynote , the company unveiled its vision for the 
future of Windows 11: Windows Copilot, making it, as Microsoft claims, the 
first PC platform to announce centralized AI assistance for customers. 

From what we know so far, it looks like Microsoft will further integrate its 
Bing Chat tool into Windows 11 . Bing Chat is an artificial intelligence 
chatbot based on the popular ChatGPT , and Microsofts use of it in its Bing 
search engine has been praised for offering a user-friendly way of using 
artificial intelligence. 

It got people interested in Bing, something Microsoft has struggled to do in 
the past, so its not too surprising that the company is doubling down and 
further integrating Bing Chat into Windows 11. (Image credit: Microsoft) 

According to Microsoft, Windows Copilot will give you a new way to use and 
configure Windows  so you can ask it to open up a particular app or setting, 
and you can do this by chatting to Bing Chat as you would a human using a 
messaging app. 

Lets be honest: the current implementation of search in Windows 11 isnt 
great, so anything that improves it is fine by us. (Image credit: Microsoft / 
sutlafk / JamenPercy / amber_85) Aways there 

In other words, it looks like Windows Copilot can detect what apps youre 
using and how youre using them, and offer you advice and information based on 
that. 

That sounds a little creepy, but it could have its uses  for example, if 
youre writing up an essay on a subject, Windows Copilot can give you facts 
and information to help you. Of course, as weve seen in the past, AI chatbots 
like Bing Chat arent infallible and can offer wrong information, so always 
double-check. 

Windows Copilot can also be docked to the side of the screen so it can, 
according to Microsoft, provide assistance no matter what [a user is] doing  
getting inspired, planning, communicating, creating. 

If Microsoft wants us to keep it pinned to the side of our screens, itll need 
to make sure Windows Copilot is genuinely useful and doesnt get in the way of 
what youre doing. We dont want another Clippy situation, after all. 

Microsoft will begin rolling out Windows Copilot in June to people signed up 
to test out new Windows features.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsofts-ai-gamble-with-windows-copilot-could
-be-another-clippy-fiasco


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