Microsoft presented today a significant range of AI options It will be gradually made available to Windows PC and Copilot+ PC users.
Among these, the controversial “photographic memory”, whose launch was delayed due to privacy issues, undoubtedly makes Recall stand out. The Redmond giant undoubtedly demonstrated interesting functionality, but it did so by making it clear that deployment of these functions would be slow.
For example, in the European Union, We won’t have access at this time This is something that suggests AI functions, once again, that AI is moving at two speeds. Even so, here’s the news. Let’s get to know them.
New experiences or maybe not so new
This particular avalanche of news of course comes with a lot of long-awaited news and others that are an adaptation of what we’ve seen before from other developers.
Still, the offer is quite remarkable and stands out above all for the launch of its preliminary version – Microsoft emphasizes this – To remembernew artificial intelligence technology that allows us to find everything we do with our computer.
Microsoft had to cancel the initial release of Recall due to security and privacy criticisms, but they have worked to fix these issues in recent months, ensuring users can now have peace of mind when using Recall.
In addition to Recall, Microsoft also has interesting options that we’ve seen before in other AI services or platforms. The first of these Click to Make (preview) works very similar to Google’s “Search Circle”.
Once activated we are given a range of information. options for what appears on the screen: We can try to get help on a specific part of the screen with Bing’s image search (basically, the same thing we do in Google Lens), but we can also blur the background of an image or delete objects in Windows Photos – just like we do in Windows Photos. Android’s magic eraser—.
Click to Do is capable of understanding the content we want to work on and will also allow us to, for example, rewrite texts in a different tone, summarize or explain them clearly.
improved Windows search Another of Microsoft’s innovations. In this way, it will be possible to find documents, configuration parameters or photos using natural language by asking as if we were asking a person.
That we should save the photos from that barbecue? It’s easy: Just type “bbq” as a search term in the Windows Photos search engine or file explorer; This new semantic search engine will find images related to that search. It is a similar function to the one proposed by Apple Intelligence, for example.
It also has interesting post-processing tools. First is Super Resolutionwhich we will find in Windows Photos and which allows you to “fine-tune” the definition of blurry or out-of-focus photos. This is again a known effect and one that powers, for example, the Magnific AI service acquired by Freepik.
The second is Generative Fill and Erase, a new AI function integrated into Paint that allows adding or deleting information from an image with text prompts that will modify the image to create a derived image that fits what we want.
Copilot Labs, Microsoft’s future of artificial intelligence
Redmond company also took advantage of the launch opportunity Co-Pilot LaboratoriesIt’s an interesting way to experimentally introduce AI tools to gather ideas and critiques and from there further develop or perhaps cancel these products.
One of Copilot Labs’ first experiments Think DeeperWhich is actually a rival to OpenAI’s new o1 model. According to Microsoft, Think Deeper allows its chatbot Copilot to “reason about more complex problems.”
As with O1, it will take longer to respond, but will theoretically provide more detailed answers and make fewer errors.
He is coming too Copilot VisionA system where you allow Copilot to see what you see and give you options based on that “perception.” At Microsoft, they give the example of the browser: with Copilot Vision, the system can understand the website we are viewing and we can ask it questions about the content or help us navigate that page.
Here Microsoft assures that it pays special attention to avoid suspicions and privacy issues. Copilot Vision is disabled by default and nothing this system recognizes is currently stored or used for training. Additionally, its use is blocked on sites with paywalls or sensitive content.
Another promising element of this new list of solutions is Copilot VoiceIt allows you to interact with the Microsoft chatbot by voice, which OpenAI’s GPT-4o allows, for example.
Availability: Many new features that only a few people can take advantage of right now
New options They will arrive starting from Octoberand they’ll be doing this first for members of the Windows Insider program. From there they will be rolled out to a range of devices in different stages starting in November.
At Microsoft, they guarantee that they will report the status of each feature about to be released, including both the region and the type of chip it will be available in.
The aforementioned deployment of these options will occur in two ways on Copilot+ computers: Recall, Click to Do, and advanced Windows search will come with operating system updates. However, other options, such as Super Resolution in Windows Photos and Productive Fill and Erase in Paint, will be available through updates to those apps in the Microsoft Store.
It is necessary to take into account AI options are not currently available in the European Unionand actually availability is limited:
- Copilot Voice: Will be available in English in the US, Canada, New Zealand, UK and Australia. Expanding to more regions and languages ”soon”.
- Copilot Daily will be available in the US and UK. Expanding to more regions and languages ”soon”.
- Copilot Vision will “soon” become part of Copilot Labs and will only be available to a limited number of Copilot Pro subscribers in the US.
- Think Deeper is now available to a limited number of Copilot Pro subscribers in the US.
In addition to all this, Microsoft also announced the Windows 11 2024 update, Also called Windows 11 version 24H2. This version includes the “core elements” required for new AI options, but also integrates other improvements such as Wi-Fi 7 support or an improved energy efficiency system.
This update will also gradually reach our PCs and laptops, but we can try to access it from the Windows 11 updates section at any time.
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