Microsoft adds 'self-shopping' feature and more to AI Copilot

Copilot can now take direct actions on “most websites,” meaning users can ask the AI ​​assistant to book flights, make restaurant reservations, send flowers, or perform similar tasks.

Copilot is getting smarter. Photo: Microsoft

Microsoft has also partnered with major platforms like 1-800-Flowers.com, Booking.com, Expedia, Kayak, OpenTable, Priceline, Tripadvisor, Skyscanner, Viator, and Vrbo to support this feature from day one. For example, if you type in the command “send a bouquet of flowers to my partner,” Copilot will automatically process and complete that request.

In addition, Copilot is also equipped with the ability to remember users' personal information - similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. It can remember your favorite things like food, movies or places you often go to, thereby providing personalized suggestions and reminders.

Another standout feature is that Copilot can now analyze real-time video from your phone’s camera or photos in your library. Users can ask questions like “What kind of flower is this?” and Copilot will provide an answer based on the image it “sees.”

On Windows, the new Copilot app is also more deeply integrated. It can look at your entire desktop to help you search, change settings, organize files, and more. This feature will be available to Windows Insiders starting next week.

Copilot can also create automated podcasts, similar to Google NotebookLM's Audio Overviews feature. Given just one source of information, such as a research paper or a website, Copilot will create a conversation between two synthetic voices, allowing users to interrupt and ask questions at any time.

Two other notable new tools are Pages and Deep Research. Pages lets users aggregate notes and documents into a flexible workspace, similar to ChatGPT Canvas or Claude Artifacts. Deep Research, meanwhile, lets Copilot collect, analyze, and combine data from multiple sources like documents, images, and websites to answer more in-depth questions.

Notably, Microsoft claims that users have complete control over how Copilot remembers personal information. You can delete individual items or turn the feature off completely in the control panel. “You have control over information through the user control panel and can choose what types of data Copilot is allowed to remember – or turn it off completely if you want,” Microsoft says.

While Microsoft hasn’t provided full technical details on how Copilot performs complex tasks on the web, it’s clear that the company is taking steps to make Copilot a more comprehensive AI tool that can compete head-to-head with Google’s ChatGPT and Gemini, which have been ramping up development and rolling out new features in recent times.

Cao Phong (TC, CNET)

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