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Microsoft has announced that its plans to add Copilot features to its OneDrive cloud storage service will now appear sometime in the summer of 2024, rather than its previous April date.

A new report states that the US House of Representatives has banned its staff members from using Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant due to possible leaks "to non-House approved cloud services.

Some people are getting a new version of the Microsoft Photos app that includes a Copilot plugin. It lets users create video slideshows of their photos along with desktop backgrounds.

Microsoft is now rolling out some specific Copilot GPTs in its Copilot generative AI assistant. These GPTs will help users with specific takes like cooking recipes, helping with workouts and more.

Microsoft has added the Notebook feature for Copilot on the web. It's designed to help users create and edit text prompts for the generative AI chatbot without the normal Copilot chat dialogue.

Microsoft has announced the Copilot Dashboard in both Viva Pulse and Viva Glint, which allows businesses to track how their employees are using Copilot and their reactions to using the AI tool.

In a new interview, Microsoft Vice President Yusuf Mehdi revealed that Copilot is adding new image-creation features such as a way to blur the background of an AI-created image and more.

Microsoft has posted a new TV commercial promoting its Copilot generative AI assistant that will run during the TV broadcast of Super Bowl XVIII, where a 30-second spot costs $7 million.

Microsoft has quietly changed the default for launching its Copilot generative AI assistant on Windows, so the chat window is now larger. Users can also switch back to the previous size.

Microsoft has confirmed that a new Copilot key will start appearing on new Windows 11 PCs beginning later in January that will allow users to instantly launch the Copilot generative AI feature.

The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement. The Times claims millions of its articles were used to train AI models from both companies.

Microsoft has announced the launch of a private preview of Azure AI Health Bot Copilot, which will allow healthcare companies to create Copilots of their own to help streamline services.

A new entry in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap confirms that the company is working on a new Copilot feature that will allow users to pin up to 15 chats for faster access to previous conversations.

Microsoft has announced that its Copilot generative AI assistant can now help people create their own songs with just some text prompts, thanks to a new plugin from the company Suno.

A new report claims that Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot frequently offers false information, including debunked conspiracies, when asked about questions about upcoming elections in the US and overseas

Microsoft has announced the expansion of Copilot with commercial data protection and Copilot for Microsoft 365 to higher education students and faculty. The assistant will be available in early 2024.

Microsoft is test flighting a new Copilot interface on its Bing search engine called Notebook. It allows text prompts to be placed on the left and results show up on the right side.

Microsoft has revealed a list of features that it plans to add to its Copilot (formerly Bing Chat) generative AI chatbot in 2024, including incorporating the GPT-4 Turbo model and more.

Microsoft has launched the public preview for its Copilot for Service product that was first announced in November. It's designed to help customer service reps with their jobs and tasks

Microsoft Research is currently working on a pilot project in India called Shiksha copilot. It's designed to help teachers in that country use generative AI to create their lesson plans.

Microsoft has announced an early access program for its upcoming Security Copilot service. It will use generative AI to help security teams save time on many core operational tasks

Microsoft showed off a number of plugins that third-party businesses are creating for Microsoft 365 Copilot to help workers plan business trips together, take action on issues, and more.

Microsoft says that if someone who uses its Copilot generative AI products gets sued by someone who claims it violated its copyrighted content, Microsoft will help defend that person legally.

Dona Sarkar has announced she has a new job at Microsoft. She will now be the head of the company's new AI and Copilot Extensibility Dev Program for all of Microsoft's AI Copilot services.

Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service will give frontline workers access to generative AI features like being able to use summaries of customer escalations and turn them into draft work orders.

The new Copilot feature in Microsoft Teams will allow users to get summaries of Teams phone calls, along with analysting the main points of Team chat discussions, and more. It's in early access now.