Microsoft is introducing a change to the keyboard for upcoming Windows 11 devices — specifically, a dedicated Copilot key.
Designed to quickly invoke the company’s Copilot AI technology for Windows, this key is the first significant change to Windows PC keyboards in nearly three decades, according to Microsoft Executive Vice President Yusuf Mehdi.
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This is how Microsoft’s Copilot works
Copilot is an AI chatbot that can be used to control system settings in Windows. It also includes access to Microsoft’s Bing Chat, which is powered in part by Microsoft partner and ChatGPT creator OpenAI, and offers a wide range of responses and AI-generated content based on user prompts.
If Copilot is not available or enabled on the device, pressing the “Copilot” button will instead launch Windows Search, which uses Microsoft’s Bing search engine.
Here you can test Microsoft’s AI in Bing Chat.
Launching this spring
The new key is seen as part of Microsoft’s continued efforts to compete with other tech giants to establish new AI technologies.
According to the company, the new Copilot button will be on new PCs launching this spring and on future Surface devices.
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