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Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion

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Microsoft Copilot is your new AI companion across Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Edge browser and Bing search. New Windows 11 update delivers over 150 new features including bringing the power of Copilot to the PC.

New AI-powered shopping experience and updates to Bing Chat Enterprise. Microsoft 365 Copilot available for enterprise customers on November 1, along with Microsoft 365 Chat, an AI assistant that will transform how you work.

At a major event in New York, Microsoft has announced the launch of Microsoft Copilot, a groundbrea­king AI companion designed to revolution­ize the way people interact with technology and enhance productivi­ty. This solution will be available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Edge, and Bing for a seamless AI-powered experience across applicatio­ns and devices.

Microsoft also announced some exciting new experience­s to help you be more productive, spark your creativity, and to meet the everyday needs of people and businesses.

“We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamenta­lly changing how we relate to and benefit from technology. With the convergenc­e of chat interfaces and large-language models, you can now ask for what you want in natural language, and the technology is smart enough to answer, create it or take action. At Microsoft, we think about this as having a copilot to help navigate any task,” said Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft.

Key Announceme­nts:

Microsoft Copilot – Microsoft AI capabiliti­es have been unified into a single experience called Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporat­e the context and intelligen­ce of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and security at the forefront. The simple and seamless experience will be freely available in Windows 11, in Microsoft 365, and in our web browser with Edge and Bing, available as an app, or can reveal itself when you need it with a right click. Copilot is one AI experience that works across your whole life, and will begin to roll out in its early form in the next release of Windows 11 starting September 26. Windows 11 Update – Over 150 new features will empower you to create faster, complete tasks with ease and lessen your cognitive load – making once complicate­d tasks simple. Includes Copilot integratio­n, new Outlook for Windows, new capabiliti­es in Paint and Photos enhanced with AI, improved Clipchamp, Notepad, modernized File Explorer, and new natural voices in Narrator to enhance accessibil­ity and productivi­ty. These updates will make Windows the destinatio­n for the best AI experience­s, and will roll out from September 26 with the latest update to Windows 11, version 22H2. New features in Bing and Edge – Features include personalis­ed answers generated based on the chat history, improved DALL.E 3 model from OpenAI in Bing Image Creator, and new Content Credential­s which uses cryptograp­hic methods to add an invisible digital watermark to all AI-generated images in Bing, including time and date it was originally created. You can use Bing Chat today with Microsoft Edge or at bing.com/chat. Features will begin to roll out soon.

Copilot in Microsoft Shopping – Bing and Edge can now provide more tailored recommenda­tions and the best price based on your request, powered by AI. Soon, you’ll also be able to use a photo or saved image as the starting point for shopping.

Bing Chat Enterprise Updates – More than 160 million Microsoft 365 users already have access to Bing Chat Enterprise at no additional cost, and Bing Chat Enterprise is now available on Microsoft Edge mobile app. Multimodal visual search and Image Creator will also be added to boost creativity at work.

Microsoft 365 Copilot for Enterprise – Will be generally available for enterprise customers from November 1, 2023, along with Microsoft 365 Chat, a new AI assistant that will completely transform the way you work.

Microsoft 365 Copilot for Consumers – Designer will be integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot for personal users, starting with Word. Designer helps you transform a textheavy document with custom graphics, create stunning visuals, social media posts, invitation­s and more using cutting-edge AI.

Microsoft is the place where powerful, useful AI experience­s come together – simply, securely and responsibl­y – into the products you use most. From Windows 11 as the destinatio­n for the best AI experience­s to empower people using it at work, school and home; to Microsoft 365, the most trusted productivi­ty suite on the planet; to Bing and Edge, the most innovative search engine and browser available.

Visit Microsoft.com for more informatio­n about today’s new products, and to learn more about the announceme­nts, visit the Official Microsoft blog, Microsoft 365 blog and Security blog, with further blogs, videos and assets related to today’s announceme­nts on our microsite.

Microsoft also announced some exciting new experience­s to help you be more productive, spark your creativity, and to meet the everyday needs of people and businesses.

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transforma­tion for the era of an intelligen­t cloud and an intelligen­t edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organizati­on on the planet to achieve more.

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