The generative-AI revolution moves full steam ahead with new updated Copilot voice, vison, and deep thinking features that may look familiar to OpenAI fans.
It’s no secret that Microsoft has been leaning hard into the generative AI space with its ChatGPT-based Copilot app and service, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella going so far as calling Microsoft «the Copilot company.”
Just recently, the company unveiled new Copilot features for its Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications. And today, the company unveiled the next stages in Copilot’s evolution, with a redesign and several features similar to those we saw OpenAI’s reveal of ChatGPT-4o. They include more-realistic voice conversations and the ability to understand visual information and combine it with other input types, or what’s referred to as multimodal generative AI.
New features include Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision, Copilot Daily, Copilot Personalized Discover, and Think Deeper. The company also announced an early testing program called Copilot Labs, where select Copilot Pro subscribers will get to test new features before launch, including Copilot Vision and Think Deeper.
The update targets Copilot on mobile, Windows, the web, Bing search, and the Edge web browser. The new app and the non-Labs features start rolling out on Oct. 1.
In a video demo, Microsoft Corporate VP Yusuf Mehdi said: “We believe Copilot can go beyond answering basic questions and generating content, to offering more complete support for you and your tasks [and helping] match your energy, needs, and curiosity in the moment.
