Microsoft Says Copilot Is a New OS. So…What Happened to Windows?
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Microsoft Says Copilot Is a New OS. So…What Happened to Windows?
As Microsoft pushes Copilot beyond a traditional Windows feature, the company's AI strategy is getting bigger—and its vision for Windows is getting murkier. Microsoft says it’s building Copilot as a new OS, but don't worry, it's not replacing Windows...yet. Although Copilot might indeed serve as the framework for the company's AI-centric visions, I think this announcement is likely to create far more confusion among the more than one billion cur…
Microsoft wants Copilot to be the "OS for work" ("the operating system for work"), and to that end has redesigned its assistant as a unified platform designed above all for the business environment, which integrates Office and with which it also seeks to attract consumers who already pay for Microsoft 365.
Nadella has lost the plot calling Copilot an OS again, it's a web app on Windows 11
We looked inside Copilot build 154.0.4258.37 and found a 520MB Edge build that even carries Edge Game Assist, a copilotapp_proxy.exe identical to Edge's, no WebView2 calls, and a .NET 10 WinUI host for voice and vision. The app used 760.6MB of RAM while idle on our PC.
Copilot faces an identity crisis that could transform him completely. The assistant has not managed to position himself as a true competitor of ChatGPT or Claude and Microsoft already thinks of alternatives. The most recent has to do with transforming him into an operating system for the job. According to The Verge, Microsoft works to insert [...] Continue reading: Microsoft wants to convert Copilot into an operating system with Office
Microsoft sees Copilot as its new operating system - but it's too early to give up on Windows
As Microsoft expands Copilot beyond traditional Windows functionality, the company’s artificial intelligence strategy becomes larger and its vision for the future of Windows itself becomes murkier. Microsoft has consistently provided operating system functionality for Copilot. Copilot may indeed be the basis for the company’s future AI-focused plans, but it’s unlikely to be a positive hit […]
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