It’s yet another facelift for Microsoft’s AI application.
Microsoft may be taking a step back from integrating AI and Copilot features into Windows, but the company continues to push out upgrades for its dedicated Copilot app. After a minor refresh earlier this year, the Copilot app will debut a new tabbed interface, as well as direct integration with Office apps. It’s all part of a move to make Copilot more useful for consumers and businesses. While the company hasn’t really made the case for serious consumer adoption of Copilot, it’s a different story for businesses that constantly have to crunch data, generate reports, and create presentations.
The new Copilot app will feature a “Home” tab, where your typical AI discussions and other work takes place. Eventually, the company says the Home tab will also be able to intelligently route your requests between Copilot’s different modes. For example, a simple question can stay in Chat mode, while a more complex query can trigger Copilot mode, where you can delegate work to Copilot.
The Code tab, on the other hand, allows you to create small tasks via natural language queries, with no programming skills required. “Describe an app, tracker, dashboard, automation or workflow in natural language, and Copilot picks an approach and builds it,” Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer for AI at Work, said in a blog post today. Copilot can spit out things like simple desktop widgets or dashboards to manage your data.
Finally, the new “Autopilot” tab unlocks agent capabilities. You can ask Copilot to automatically respond to threads or manage recurring tasks without any intervention on your part. “He can do things like set up and manage a complete vendor evaluation process: establishing the timeline and work plan, then managing the preparation, meetings, and follow-ups himself, up to contacting stakeholders for updates,” Spataro wrote.
