Microsoft announces Windows version of AI Copilot to be launched on September 26th.

Microsoft has launched a new AI assistant called Copilot, which provides assistance to Windows PC users in completing any computing tasks.

Microsoft stated that this new assistant, named Copilot, can be called upon at any time to help generate text, find music that can help users focus, organize different windows on the screen, or assist with creative tasks related to photos or videos.

Microsoft stated that this new application is built on various AI tools that already exist in different applications, so now "these capabilities can be unified into a single experience".

This tech giant has already used OpenAI's ChatGPT in its Bing search engine.

The company stated that Copilot will be rolled out as part of a free update for Windows 11 starting on September 26.

"We are entering a new era of artificial intelligence that fundamentally changes how we interact with and benefit from technology," said Youssef Mehdi, Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft's Consumer Business.

"By combining conversational interfaces with more powerful language models, you can now ask any question in natural language, and the technology is smart enough to respond, generate, or take action."

"At Microsoft, we see it as a co-pilot that helps you with any task."

"We are building AI co-pilots in our most commonly used and beloved products - making coding more efficient with GitHub, increasing productivity at work with Microsoft 365, redefining search on Bing and Edge, and providing cross-platform relevance for your apps and personal computers."

"Today, we are taking the next step by unifying these capabilities into a single experience called Microsoft Copilot, which will be your everyday AI companion."

"Copilot will uniquely integrate context and intelligence from the web, your work data, and what you are currently doing on your personal computer to provide better support while protecting your privacy and security."

"It will offer a simple and intuitive experience that can be used in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and our Edge and Bing web browsers."

"It will run as an application or appear when needed through right-clicking. Over time, we will continue to enhance Copilot's functionality and its connections to the applications you use most frequently, in order to realize our vision for the entire life experience."

One day before Microsoft announced this news, Amazon launched a major update to its voice-based AI assistant Alexa, indicating that it will soon be able to interact more naturally, understand context better, and make inferences.