hjust a year ago, around this time, Microsoft Copilot was officially introduced. With one important caveat, yes, and that is It wasn’t called Copilot at the time. It was called Bing or more precisely “the new Bing” and has also spread to Microsoft Edge. Born out of a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI, with ChatGPT as a close precedent, it was a huge success for those from Redmond who managed to score a new goal on their innovation scoreboard.

Then I’m sure you remember Prometheus integration announcements started happening (a model adapted by Microsoft that was based on GPT) in other products and services: Windows, Office, etc., and after a decision that seemed to me the most intelligent, unifying all these new functions under the common name Copilot . Since then, as you know, we’ve had Copilot in the soup, and all indications are that this trend will continue in the future.

This is understandable because Currently, there are several large technology companies competing to get a piece of the juicy pie that the AI ​​market is becoming. Long gone, especially for OpenAI, are the days when it was a major reference company in its sector. At the moment, we mainly have Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, to name only the most recognized ones in this arena, which are trying to differentiate themselves from their competitors, either by improving what already exists or by adding new features and expanding their reach.

So under these circumstances Microsoft decided to celebrate the first anniversary of the new Bing with a redesign and new features in Copilot, as they themselves stated on the company’s official blog. And to make sure it doesn’t go unnoticed, he will announce it at none other than the SuperBowl 2024 next Monday the 12th, one of the most important events in the world of sports on a global scale. (remember this was also the event Apple chose in 1984 to introduce its revolutionary Macintosh).

This is exactly what we can read about the news on the blog:

«With the Designer in Copilot you can go beyond just creating images, you can now edit the generated images using inline editing in Copilot, so it’s all within the chat. Whether you want to highlight an object to make it stand out with enhanced colors, blur the background of an image to make an object stand out, or even reinvent your image with a different effect like pixel art, Copilot has you covered, all for free. . If you are a Copilot Pro subscriber, in addition to the above, you can now also easily resize and regenerate images between vertical and horizontal without leaving the chat. Finally, we will soon be launching our new Designer GPT in Copilot, which offers a dedicated, immersive canvas in Copilot where you can visualize your ideas.»

As you can see, Microsoft focused on improvements in image creation and editingwhich no doubt has to do with Google’s recent announcement that Bard (soon to be Gemini) also now allows you to create images, although admittedly only in the United States and English so far.