Microsoft's Copilot can now browse the web with you, if you're in the early preview

Date:
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:47:13 +0000

Description:
Now out in a very limited preview, the AI assistant will browse with you

FULL STORY ======================================================================Microsof t's AI assistant can now see in the Copilot Vision preview Now out in a limited beta for a select few, Copilot can browse the web in Edge It's entirely opt-in, but you'll be able to converse with Copilot about what
you're seeing

Similar to how Windows Recall will give AI access to whats on your screen, Microsofts rolling out a similar experience for Copilot in a limited preview. Originally teased alongside the redesign of Microsofts AI assistant, Copilot Vision is now rolling out as an early preview for a select few in the United States.

As the name suggests, it will let Copilot see whats on your screen, specifically within Microsofts Edge browser, so it can essentially browse the web with you. This way, you can hit it with topical questions about what
youre seeing be it an illustration, a video, type-based text, or even handwriting. And no, you won't need to type these out, but you can converse with Copilot with just your voice.

In an announcement post published by Microsoft , Copilot Vision is described as: When you choose to enable Copilot Vision, it sees the page youre on, it reads along with you, and you can talk through the problem youre facing together. Browsing no longer needs to be a lonely experience with just you
and all your tabs.

It seems like its almost being pitched as a companion, so if youre browsing a shopping website like Amazon or Zappos, you could potentially ask for suggestions about what youre looking at. Moreover, though, if you're browsing restaurant reviews, you could ask if any mention a specific event like good for anniversaries or ask for other recommendations. Seeing how its built directly into Edge if you opt-in Microsoft seemingly hopes that itll be called upon quite a bit and prove to be useful.

Microsoft is also sharing three of Copilot Vision being used for shopping, planning a trip to a museum, and gaming. The latter is almost similar to Game Assist in Edge, which reduces the need to alt-tab .

Suppose youre concerned about privacy with Copilot Vision, which may be similar to Recall, which finally launched in November in beta. In that case, you'll be happy that Microsoft is taking a better approach with this new AI feature. Its entirely opt-in and is only currently available via Copilot Labs to a limited number of Copilot Pro subscribers in the United States.

Furthermore, in its current build, Copilot Vision is only available for a select set of websites, and it seems Microsoft will only expand on that when it deems it ready to do so. Slow and steady will be the approach for adding more subscribers and expanding the sites it works with; Microsoft explains: Were taking our time to gather feedback, iterate on the technology, and will expand access to more Pro subscribers and more websites over time.

If youre in the early beta of Copilot Vision, another win is that after the session, the associated data and the context its used within will be deleted. So that information does not stick around Copilot, only the response to the tools are logged to improve our safety systems, says Microsoft.

If youre keen to give it a go and are a Copilot Pro subscriber in the United States, you can check via Copilot Labs to see if Copilot Vision for Edge is available as a preview for you. You might also like Microsoft's AI Copilot makeover lets it see and speak Hate cookie prompts? This browser has promised to remove them from our lives, and it might convince me to ditch Chrome Microsoft could tempt PC gamers away from Chrome with nifty new Game Assist mode for its Edge browser



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