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Previously, OpenAI launched the upgraded version of DALL-E "DALL•E 3" which received a lot of praise. Later, Google's new model Gemini was ready to go. Under the spotlight, Microsoft did not disappoint. At today's press conference in New York A big one came up:
In addition to the launch of new hardware series products as usual every fall, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 updates with the most powerful artificial intelligence experience in history will be launched one after another starting from September 26. Among them, Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant that is fully integrated into the PC and can be used seamlessly in all programs and functions, debuted with more than 150 new functions and became the most watched protagonist of this conference.
To put it simply, with various deep integrations, daily AI companions have begun to take shape.
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Major Windows 11 update fully embeds Copilot’s powerful features
If Microsoft once described Microsoft 365 Copilot, which shocked the industry in March this year, as "your work co-pilot," today's newly upgraded Copilot has taken a more ambitious step and is positioned as "your daily artificial intelligence." companion".
The new Copilot is available on the Windows 11 desktop, all Microsoft 365 products, and the Edge and Bing web browsers. Deliver powerful and flexible instant assistance through a unique blend of network context, user work data, and real-time activity on the PC. It can either be run as an application or launched when needed via a right-click display.
In the official demonstration video below, the upgraded version of Copilot and a series of new AI-driven intelligent experiences such as Outlook, drawing, and photos are shown.
Copilot in Windows (preview) will allow users to control their desktop experience using voice or text commands to create and complete tasks faster and easier. In the video, it shows users using voice commands to launch a music playlist that "helps me focus better," organize work windows, summarize key points of a document, and generate specific content paragraphs based on context. And command in Copilot to delete the photo background, and then call Adobe Express to make the photo into a travel-style Instagram short film. Yusuf Mehdi, the company's vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, described the new Copilot embedment as "a handshake between you and technology." As long as the user is in the environment of using Microsoft products, Copilot will be ready in the taskbar at any time, never leaving his side.
The new version of Outlook can connect to and call your various accounts (including Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, etc.) if certain permissions are obtained. The new Copilot will be able to extract data from users’ calendars, documents and other files to help quickly draft clear and concise emails, and seamlessly attach important files and photos from One Drive to provide writing suggestions in real time.
"Paint" has enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities for drawing and digital creation, adding background removal and layer functions, and using natural language prompts under Cocreator to change the background or change the style of pictures, which brings new benefits to the "Paint" application. Powerful generative artificial intelligence capabilities.
Photos adds editing features such as background blur, which can quickly and easily highlight the subject of the photo. The Photos app automatically finds the background in your photos and instantly highlights the subject and blurs the background with just one click.
There are also many other updates, such as Clipchamp’s auto-composition feature that automatically provides scene suggestions, editing and narration based on the image and shot. This can help users quickly create and edit professional-quality videos; Notepad's auto-save session state feature allows users to close Notepad without losing any work, and continue operations from where they left off when they return, etc.
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Bing and Edge seek to redefine how users interact with the web
At the press conference, Microsoft also announced the improvement of the AI capabilities of the browser Edge and the artificial intelligence chatbot Bing with the support of advanced technologies.
Bing Image Creator is connected to the OpenAI DALL.E-3 model: As a milestone image generation tool just released by OpenAI, DALL.E-3 has brought a huge leap in image accuracy and stability. Now it will Integrated into Bing Image Creator to provide support. At the same time, users can also call Microsoft Designer, the latest member of the integrated Microsoft 365 consumer application family, in Bing to edit their works more easily and create stunning visual effects.
Personalized answers: Chat history can now inform user search results. For example, if you use Bing to track your favorite football team, the next time you plan a trip, Bing will proactively tell you if that team is playing in your destination city. This feature can also be turned off in Bing's settings according to your preference.
Copilot in Microsoft Shopping: Updated so you can find the items you want to shop online faster through Bing or Edge. When you ask about a product, Bing will ask more questions to learn more, and then use that information to provide more targeted recommendations to ensure you find the best deal. According to Microsoft, shoppers received more than $4 billion in offers on Microsoft Edge in the past 12 months.
In addition, Microsoft will also use encryption methods to add invisible digital watermarks to all AI-generated images in Bing, including "content credentials" such as the time and date of original creation. It also said that since the launch of Bing Chat Enterprise Edition two months ago, it has achieved great response, with more than 160 million Microsoft 365 users around the world accessing it for free. After this update, Bing Chat Enterprise will be available in Edge mobile applications, and Microsoft will also provide multi-modal visualization and picture creation functions to enhance creativity at work.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Chat
In March this year, Microsoft 365 Copilot combined the power of large language models with the Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams) used by millions of people in their daily work and life, turning natural language into powerful productivity tool. Starting from November 1, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Edition will be officially launched to large enterprise customers.
In addition to functional upgrades, a new Microsoft 365 Chat has also been launched, which can help sort out all the data in busy work, including emails, meetings, chats, documents, etc. Whether you're writing strategy documents, booking business trips, summarizing unread emails, and handling follow-up responses, it can help you solve even the most complex and tedious tasks. Become an indispensable business assistant.
At this morning’s event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was the first to give a speech and lamented the huge impact of artificial intelligence: “It’s unbelievable that so many exciting things have happened in ChatGPT only 10 months after it came out. We have already We do a lot, even in a market dominated by one player, we try to breed some innovation and vitality in it. It's crazy, it's like the golden 90s of the Internet are back."
Microsoft itself described this Windows update as "Best Windows Ever", which powerfully integrates all advanced artificial intelligence experiences and fully integrates them into everyone's daily life and work. Will Microsoft Copilot usher in a new era of generative artificial intelligence assistants? let us wait and see.
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