Microsoft merges Copilot apps, exits personal chatbot race
The redesigned app splits into Home, Code and Autopilot tabs as Microsoft leans into enterprise customers rather than chasing OpenAI, Google and Meta for consumer users.
Microsoft is merging the consumer and workplace versions of its Copilot assistant into one product. The redesign, reported by Bloomberg, aims the product at corporate customers and cedes the personal AI chatbot market to OpenAI, Google and Meta.
The redesigned Copilot app organizes its features into three tabs, Engadget reported. Home covers everyday chat, Code generates apps, dashboards and workflows from natural-language requests, and Autopilot handles recurring tasks without supervision.
Jared Spataro, Microsoft's chief marketing officer for AI at work, described what Autopilot can do. It can "set up and manage a full supplier review process: building the schedule and workback plan, then handling prep, meetings, and follow-ups on its own," he said.
The pivot follows Microsoft pulling Copilot back from a broad Windows push. It reflects a bet that the business case for AI is stronger in enterprises processing data and generating reports than among individual consumers.