Microsoft Unveils Several Updates to its Copilot AI Assistant

Microsoft has just announced several updates to its Copilot AI assistant, and some of these updates sound incredibly useful. The company is bringing its Copilot Vision tool to mobile devices, but with some exciting new features. For those who are unfamiliar, Copilot Vision was initially launched for the Edge web browser and allowed Copilot to "see" and comment on the contents of websites.

Copilot Vision Comes to Mobile

The mobile version of Copilot Vision will have some impressive multimodal functionality, allowing it to integrate with the phone’s camera to "enable an interactive experience with the real world." According to Microsoft, it can analyze both real-time video from the camera and photos stored on the device. For example, Copilot Vision can analyze a video of plants to determine if they are healthy or not and suggest actions to take. While we’ll have to wait and see if it can deliver on this promise, the mobile version of Vision is available today in the Copilot app for iOS and Android. The web version is also coming to Windows.

Copilot Search in Bing

Microsoft is also bringing Copilot Search to Bing, which will "seamlessly blend the best of traditional and generative search together to help you find what you need." The company is now referring to Bing as "your AI-powered search and answer engine." Like most AI web search tools, this provides summaries to answer queries, which can take the form of a simple paragraph or include images and data from favorite publishers and content owners. Copilot Search is rolling out today.

Copilot Memory Introduced

The company has also introduced Copilot Memory, which is Microsoft’s attempt to bring more personalization to Copilot. With this addition, Copilot will be able to remember specific details about the user’s life, such as favorite foods, movie preferences, and even their nephew’s birthday and interests. The software will recommend actions based on what it remembers, such as buying tickets to events, ordering flowers, or making dinner reservations. Microsoft claims that the service will "work with most websites across the web."

Additional Tools and Updates

The update brings some other tools to the table, including the ability to auto-generate podcasts based on specific topics and offer shopping advice based on sales history across the web. These updates begin rolling out today, although availability may not expand to all users immediately. Microsoft says that availability will expand in the coming weeks and months.

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