The company announced new features for Windows 11 for Microsoft Build 2023. An AI copilot based on ChatGPT is making its debut. Taskbar features are also coming back from previous versions of Windows.
On March 16, an online event showcased the Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is currently being used by enterprise customers with a Microsoft 365 subscription can be tested. The new Bing with ChatGPT has been in test mode since February and can now be used free of charge by any user with a Microsoft account. For the Microsoft Build developer conference, the Redmond-based company now has the Windows Copilot announced for Windows 11.
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This is an AI tool based on ChatGPT, which is intended to help in numerous areas of the operating system. For this purpose, the Windows Copilot finds its way into the taskbar of Windows 11 as an icon. Clicking on it opens a sidebar and you can start chatting. According to Microsoft, you can not only ask the AI co-pilot questions for the next trip, but the tool should also help you deal with Windows, for example if you want to know where a setting is hidden. In combination with Microsoft 365, you can also have summaries of an email conversation created.
The test phase for the KI-Copilot for Windows 11 will start in June. Developers can also write plugins for the KI-Copilot. For this purpose, existing ChatGPT plug-ins can be integrated if the Windows user so desires. A number of AI tools will also be moving into the Microsoft Store in the future. This is how it will be this year new AI Hub rolled out, which is a curated collection around apps powered by AI. With AI support, reviews of apps can be searched and summarized. If you have a large collection of apps and are setting up a new Windows PC, for example, you can restore all apps from the Microsoft Store with just one click. With Azure AI Content Safety, which is now in preview, it should be possible to create AI models that are safe from inappropriate context. For this purpose, the evaluation of human moderators is used.
Panos Panay, head of the Windows and Surface department, has also made official what has been circulating in the rumor mill for some time. Microsoft is bringing back a number of taskbar features from previous versions of Windows. The grouping of apps can be canceled again if desired. Each open app window then has its own icon in the taskbar. In addition, an app process can be terminated by right-clicking on the app icon in the taskbar in order to be able to close apps more quickly. Windows 11 also gets native support for archive formats, including 7-ZIP, RAR and GZ. Tabs can now be opened in a window in the Windows Terminal. For example, in addition to PowerShell, you can also use the command prompt in a shared window.
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Collection on new AI copilot in Windows 11:
- Microsoft presented new features for Windows 11 at the Build 2023 developer conference.
- This includes the new AI co-pilot, which sits as an icon in the taskbar. Clicking on it will open a sidebar to be able to interact with the AI chatbot based on ChatGPT-4.
- According to Microsoft, the AI tool should help when using Windows, for example if you want to know where a setting is hidden. In combination with Microsoft 365, you can also have summaries of an email conversation created.
- If you want, you can also expand the AI copilot with ChatGPT plugins.
- The Redmond-based company is bringing back a number of taskbar features from earlier versions of Windows. The grouping of apps can be canceled again if desired.
- You can quickly end this process by right-clicking on an open program icon in the taskbar.
- Windows 11 also gets native support for archive formats, including 7-ZIP and RAR.
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