Subj : Windows 11 Copilot leak gives us a glimpse of the AI assistant in
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Jun 26 2023 11:15:03

Windows 11 Copilot leak gives us a glimpse of the AI assistant in action

Date:
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:05:47 +0000

Description:
Wheres Copilot for Windows 11? We dont know, but at least the AI has now been 
spotted.

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We know Windows 11 is set to get Microsofts Copilot built in, and weve just 
caught a glimpse of the AI assistant feature (well, actually, a couple of 
sightings, and well come back to the other one later). 

In case you missed it (unlikely, admittedly), Copilot is the Bing Chat 
-powered integrated AI that pops up in a side panel to help in Windows 11, 
and Windows Latest managed to get a peek at an early version (add your own 
seasoning, and plenty of it, as with any leak). 

Theres a big caveat here, namely that the pre-release version of Copilot 
shown (in a very brief clip) isnt fully functional by any means. 

Still, it gives you a flavor of how the Windows 11 helper  an assistant with 
a much, much grander vision than Cortana  will perform, and what it can do. 
(Image credit: Windows Latest) 

We see the user instructing Copilot to turn on Dark Mode (which, ahem, it 
fails to do  as noted, this isnt a proper working version), and a response to 
a food-based question (the queries work in much the same way as with the Bing 
chatbot already, and the three core personalities for replies are in here, 
too). 

We dont see much here, and nothing of the really cool tricks that Copilot 
will eventually be able to do (such as turning on multiple features in one 
fell swoop to help with a certain aim like being more productive, or 
summarizing content to go in an email, right there in the app, in-line). 

However, Windows Latest does observe that Microsoft will use in-house 
plug-ins to customize the Bing Chat experience in Windows 11, and that 
Copilot will utilize a system of action cards to detect how you are using the 
OS, and offer up intelligent suggestions based on that. Analysis: Where art 
thou, Copilot? 

Okay, so while this glimpse of Microsofts AI is still very much early work, 
and not very exciting, its a useful hint that Copilot is ticking along 
progress-wise. Because weve not heard anything from Microsoft since the 
initial announcement of the AI, when we were told that itd be in testing in 
June. 

Now, June is almost over, and it seems unlikely that a preview build is going 
to show up later this week with a functional Copilot doing its query 
answering and settings manipulating stuff. 

That said, weve caught not only this sighting of Copilot from Windows Latest, 
but there was another one at the weekend. That was provided by regular 
Twitter-based leaker Albacore , who pointed out that recent Windows 11 
preview builds in the Dev channel have a Windows Copilot button (hidden  and 
when enabled, it doesnt do anything, mind). 

Thats another hint that things are coming into place for Copilots release to 
be tested in preview. However, weve got a feeling this will take a lot of 
internal testing before it gets to Windows Insiders, somehow. As the blurb in 
the Copilot side panel observes, its AI-powered, and surprises and mistakes 
are possible. 

When it comes to a Bing chatbot query, a mistake is embarrassing enough, but 
with an AI embedded right into the heart of Windows 11, Microsoft is going to 
need to take a lot more care to avoid any potential blunders  even in testing.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-copilot-leak-gives-us-a
-glimpse-of-the-ai-assistant-in-action


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