Microsoft announces that AI assistant 'Microsoft Copilot' will be included as standard in Windows 11 with update on September 26, 2023



At a presentation held on September 21, 2023 local time, Microsoft announced that it will release version 23H2 , the next major update to Windows 11, on September 26, 2023. In 23H2, the generation AI tool ' Microsoft Copilot ' will be installed as standard in Windows 11, and the generation AI function ' Cocreator ' will be introduced to the 'Paint' app.

Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion - The Official Microsoft Blog

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/

Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot general availability and Microsoft 365 Chat | Microsoft 365 Blog
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-365-copilot-general-availability-and-microsoft-365-chat/

New Outlook for Windows now available - Microsoft Community Hub
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/outlook-blog/new-outlook-for-windows-now-available/ba-p/3932068

Windows 11's next update arrives on September 26th with Copilot, AI-powered Paint, and more - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/21/23882173/microsoft-windows-11-23h2-update-features-release-date

The AI tool ``Microsoft Copilot'', which comes standard with Windows 11 version 23H2, can be started by using the taskbar or Win + C key shortcut. Windows Copilot appears as a sidebar on your desktop, and allows you to use text or voice input to change PC settings, instruct users to launch apps, and respond in a similar way to Bing chat.

Below is a demo video of Microsoft Copilot released by Microsoft.

Introducing Copilot in Windows 11, new AI tools, and more - YouTube


With Microsoft Copilot, you can also create music playlists on Spotify that match your tastes.



You can also change your desktop to a black-based color by following the instructions to 'Turn on dark mode.'



It is also possible to create a summary of a web page without complicated text input.



You can also select the displayed image by dragging and dropping and delete the background according to the instructions.




You can also process images with the background removed into images for Instagram using

Adobe Express .



In addition, Microsoft Copilot also has higher grades such as `

`Bing Chat Enterprise '' and `` Microsoft 365 Copilot '' for businesses.

'Bing Chat Enterprise,' which is available for $5 per month (about 730 yen), is a grade of Microsoft Copilot that comes with a system that prevents data leaks. With Bing Chat Enterprise, your chats with Microsoft Copilot are never stored online, so Microsoft doesn't see them or use them to train large-scale language models.

'Microsoft 365 Copilot' will be available on September 26th, in addition to various features of Microsoft Copilot and Bing Chat Enterprise, which are standard features, as well as features such as 'Microsoft 365 Chat.'



Using Microsoft 365 Copilot, the email app Outlook allows AI to automatically summarize email threads, understand the date and time of emails, and automatically respond to emails. In addition, when creating email drafts using AI, a 'Sound like me' function has been implemented that reproduces the user's personal writing style and creates natural sentences based on the data learned by AI. Masu.

Word, a text creation software, will introduce a feature that uses AI to summarize sentences in Word files using bullet points. Additionally, when the user asks the AI to rewrite a paragraph, the user can choose from three tones: ``neutral,'' ``casual,'' and ``professional,'' and the AI will rewrite the sentence in a tone that matches the situation. thing.

The spreadsheet software Excel uses AI to enable advanced analysis. It is also possible to work with

Python, which will be available from August 2023 on Excel, and with Microsoft 365 Copilot, you will not only be able to receive assistance writing formulas, formatting data, and performing data analysis. Just use everyday language to describe what you want to do with your data, and Microsoft 365 Copilot will generate actionable Python code and insert it into Excel.

Copilot in Excel | Python Integration - YouTube


Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available from November 1, 2023, and the price is $ 30 (approximately 4,400 yen) per user per month.

The next major update to Windows 11, ``23H2,'' will add approximately 150 new features in addition to the standard installation of Microsoft Copilot. The ``Paint'' app installed by default on Windows has a ``Cocreator'' function that allows you to remove the background from images , add layers , and automatically generate images using AI.



In the 'Photo' app, which manages saved images and photos taken, AI has added functions such as analyzing the subject and background and automatically blurring the background with one click.



With the new Outlook , you can now customize your inbox to suit your style, and when you compose an email, AI will check spelling and grammar to ensure it's sent without errors. Additionally, by streamlining your email and calendar in one app, you can compose emails while checking your schedule.

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