Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to consumers

Microsoft first launched its AI-powered Office features for businesses in November, but just two months later the company is already offering them to consumers. Copilot Pro is launching today as a $20 monthly subscription that provides access to AI-powered features inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint alongside priority access to the latest OpenAI … Read more

Microsoft unlocks Copilot AI inside Office apps for all businesses

Microsoft is unlocking the doors for all businesses to get access to its AI-powered Office features. Microsoft’s Copilot for Microsoft 365 launched in November with enterprise customers having to commit to at least 300 users and pick up the phone to get on the list. That was an additional $9,000 cost minimum for businesses, but … Read more

Microsoft unveils a slew of Copilot updates, including Copilot Pro. Here’s what’s new

Microsoft Since Copilot’s initial launch, Microsoft’s chatbot has proven to be a worthy ChatGPT rival — and now a new wave of updates will close the gap between both chatbots even further.  Microsoft has announced the availability of Copilot Pro, a supercharged subscription version of Copilot, which is meant for power users who could benefit … Read more

Microsoft launches a Pro plan for Copilot

Microsoft evidently envisions Copilot, the umbrella brand for its portfolio of AI-powered, content-generating technologies, becoming a significant future revenue line-item. And that’s perhaps not far off base; according to the company, more than 40% of the Fortune 100 participated in its Copilot early access program. But given the enormous cost of running GenAI models in … Read more

Yes, Some New Windows Keyboards Are Getting a ‘Copilot Key’ to Quick-Access AI

The new Copilot key takes over the right ctrl button, mirroring the Windows key.Image: Dell Microsoft’s big early 2024 AI push has PC makers dancing along to the siren song of big tech’s new big obsession. Along with the newly-announced XPS lineup of Dell laptops, there’s one small tidbit of information that isn’t nearly as … Read more

Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years

Microsoft wants 2024 to be “the year of the AI PC,” and it’s kicking things off with a significant change to the keyboard on new laptops and PCs. A new Copilot key will ship on a variety of new PCs and laptops from Microsoft’s partners, providing quick access to Microsoft’s AI-powered Windows Copilot experience straight … Read more

In case you missed it, ChatGPT rival ‘Copilot’ is now on iOS and Android

While you were deep in holiday hibernation, Microsoft quietly launched Android and iOS versions of Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat. SEE ALSO: Bing Image Creator users are doing some… interesting things with new DALL-E 3 upgrade The Android launch was first spotted by X user @technosarusrex, then picked up by Neowin on Dec. 26. … Read more

Microsoft’s Copilot AI app expands to iPhone, iPad – here’s what you can do with it

screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET iPhone and iPad owners can now take Microsoft’s Copilot app for an AI-infused ride. Popping up in Apple’s App Store on December 29, the app was initially limited to Android users, appearing in Google Play on December 19. Capitalizing on the Copilot name, the app offers you a generative AI chatbot … Read more

GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code

Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual Copilot customers — those paying $10 per month — in beta. And now, GitHub’s launching Chat in general availability for all users. As of today, Copilot Chat is available in … Read more

Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot pursues the absolute ‘time to value’ of AI in programming

Maria Diaz/ZDNET The matter of how much generative AI can help coders is in hot debate. ZDNET’s own David Gewirtz has found from his first-hand experiments that OpenAI’s ChatGPT “can write pretty good code.” At the same time, some studies have found large language models such as GPT-4 are well below those of human coders … Read more