Microsoft updates Copilot with the greatest hits from other AIs

As it marks its 50th anniversary, Microsoft is updating Copilot with a host of caller features each astatine once that bring it much successful enactment with alternatives similar ChatGPT oregon Claude. The AI assistant, which uses many OpenAI models, present supports memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and surface analysis, heavy research, and adjacent more.

With Memory, Copilot volition present beryllium capable to support way of your preferences, interests, and details similar your birthday, and usage the accusation to tailor responses and proposal oregon marque proactive suggestions. Microsoft says that users tin take what accusation they privation Copilot to remember, oregon opt retired entirely.

It’s portion of an ongoing effort to marque Copilot much personal. Microsoft says that the institution is “early successful this thinking,” but that “soon” you’ll beryllium capable to springiness Copilot a personalized appearance. Will that see the enactment to person it instrumentality connected the signifier of inanimate objects similar — and I’m truly conscionable spitballing present — paperclips? Only clip volition tell.

“Copilot is much than an AI, it’s yours,” says Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “Each volition person its ain unsocial benignant and blend of attributes that distinctly suit each and each 1 of us.”

Beyond personalization, Copilot is getting much powerful. A new Actions feature gives the AI the quality to transportation retired tasks utilizing a web browser, akin to OpenAI’s Operator agent oregon Amazon’s precocious announced Nova Act model. Microsoft suggests it could beryllium utilized to publication amusement tickets, reserve restaurants, and marque purchases, particularly erstwhile combined with caller buying functionality that sees Copilot probe products and look for discounts and sales.

Copilot Vision, which began rolling retired successful the web instrumentality successful December 2024, is present expanding to the Windows and mobile apps. On Windows, Copilot volition beryllium capable to “see” what’s connected your surface crossed different apps and files to reply questions oregon interact with files and content, portion connected iOS and Android it volition beryllium capable to sermon thing that’s disposable from your telephone camera, oregon the photos successful your camera roll.

Deep Research allows Copilot to analyse ample numbers of documents oregon online sources for analyzable projects, and its probe abilities are being integrated with Bing to present AI-powered responses wrong the hunt engine. Like different AI tools, Copilot tin besides present usage its probe to make podcast-style audio to explicate a topic, portion a caller Pages diagnostic allows it to signifier notes and probe crossed documents into a azygous canvas.

Microsoft says that galore of the caller features are rolling retired starting contiguous successful “initial versions,” and improving “in the coming weeks and months,” with availability varying by feature, platform, and market. None of these features are firsts — ChatGPT added representation features past year, Google Gemini has a imaginativeness mode, and perfectly each AI institution wants to physique personalized AI agents — but adding them each astatine erstwhile shows that Microsoft is committed to keeping up with the competition, not to notation getting the astir retired of its investment successful OpenAI.