Microsoft is set to introduce a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) features to Windows 11, offering new ways to edit content and control PC settings.
Windows 11 users will soon be able to adjust settings within the operating system using text commands through the Copilot AI assistant. This means that users can type commands like “enable battery saver” or “show Wi-Fi network” and the Windows Copilot will execute the action. Other skills include “display IP address,” “launch voice input,” and “show system information.”
Additionally, there are new editing features in two Windows apps: Photos and Clipchamp. For the video-editing tool Clipchamp, users can remove gaps in conversation with a “silence removal” feature. In Photos, the generative erase feature allows users to select and remove “unwanted objects or imperfections” from an image.
These features, which are available now, build on other generative AI capabilities that have been introduced to Windows 11 in the past year, such as the Paint Cocreator text-to-image tool and auto-compose in Clipchamp.
Furthermore, Microsoft will be making plugins available for Copilot in Windows over the next month. These plugins will provide access to third-party apps, including Instacart, OpenTable, and Kayak, allowing users to take actions such as making a reservation using Windows Copilot. While there are already a variety of plugins available for the Copilot in Microsoft 365, these are the first for Windows.
The deeper integration of Copilot and other AI capabilities into Windows is a key part of Microsoft’s strategy for the operating system. The features announced this week are likely just part of a longer-range effort to bring AI functionality to Windows 11, with a new breed of “AI PCs” on the horizon that enable AI processing on-device.
As Microsoft takes the initial steps to integrate AI capabilities into Windows, the focus is on ensuring that features work well, are practical, and are easily accessible to a broad range of Windows users, according to Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner.
“This is just the beginning of what we’re going to see,” Atwal said. “As businesses become more familiar with what it does, Microsoft will start bringing more to the table.”
2024-03-04 01:00:04
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