For the first time in 30 years, Microsoft is modifying the Windows keyboard to add a button dedicated to artificial intelligence, in an operation it announces as the start of the “year of the PC AI”.
The button, located to the right of the spacebar next to the "alt" key on Windows 11 keyboards, looks like an open ring. When pressed, it summons Microsoft's AI assistants, called Copilot .
The last time Microsoft changed the PC keyboard was in 1994 when it added the Windows Key that calls up the Startup sidebar.
What Copilot can do
Copilot can help users write emails and other content, analyze reports, create and edit images, search for information, and perform other tasks. In May, it already replaced Cortana, Microsoft's old personal assistant application.
To use the Copilot key, users will need to sign in to their Microsoft account. When Copilot is not available or enabled on your device, pressing the key launches Windows Search.
“We see this as another transformative moment in our journey with Windows, where Copilot will be the entry point into the world of AI on PC,” he wrote. Yusuf Mehdi, head of consumer marketing at Microsoft, in a blog post.
Availability from Microsoft partners will begin in late February through spring, including on new Surface devices , Microsoft's touchscreen PCs. A preview of some PC manufacturers will be presented at CES , the world's largest consumer technology show, which begins on January 9.
Copilot is already in Bing, Edge, Microsoft 365 and Windows 11
Microsoft has integrated Copilot into Bing search and Edge browser, Microsoft 365 and 365 for Business, as well as the Windows 11 operating system (so users can ask Copilot for help doing things they should normally click, like adding a Bluetooth device to a PC).
Of course, users can already invoke Copilot by clicking on the app itself. Microsoft adds hardware keyboard shortcut. AI experiments for apps like Paint, Photos, and Clipchamp .
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