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Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft’s AI assistant, launched as Bing Chat in February 2023 and renamed Copilot in November 2023.

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Contents
  1. What it is
  2. Timeline
  3. Sources

What it is

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft’s AI assistant. It started in February 2023 as Bing Chat, a chat feature in the Bing search engine and Edge browser, and was renamed Copilot in November 2023. Microsoft also uses the Copilot name for AI features inside Windows and Microsoft 365.

Microsoft is a major investor in OpenAI.

Timeline

  1. Microsoft launches an AI chat experience in Bing and Edge, known as Bing Chat.

  2. Microsoft renames Bing Chat to Microsoft Copilot.

Sources

  1. Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, Microsoft
  2. Bing Chat is now Microsoft Copilot, BGR

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