Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft launches AI assistant for Windows

Company says Copilot software rollout will begin as a free update to Windows 11 from September 26

Copilot: New assistant can be called upon at any point to generate text, find music to help a user focus, organise different windows on screen or help with creative tasks around photos or video. Picture: Getty

Microsoft has unveiled a new AI-powered assistant for its Windows PCs that is able to help users with any computing task.

Called Copilot, the new assistant can be called upon at any point to generate text, find music to help a user focus, organise different windows on screen or help with creative tasks around photos or video, the tech firm said.

Microsoft said the new app was a way of building on the various AI ...