You know what they say about too many cooks. Microsoft's AI strategy feels a bit all over the place right now, though it is getting its act together in Windows 11 by reducing where Copilot and AI experiences appear in the operating system. As early as 2024, Microsoft Insiders were already complaining about the company's AI strategy: "There's a gap between the ambitious vision and what users are actually experiencing. Internally, we're calling it growing pains. We are building the plane as we fly it." Interestingly, the report further claimed that Microsoft outsources support from third-party A
"Copilot isn't a naming strategy, it's a survival instinct": Is Microsoft's cockpit flooded with too many Copilots for its AI strategy to make sense?Copilot for Gaming on PC has also seen a change, becoming a confusing mixture of "Game assist," "Microsoft Edge Game Assist," or both; I can't figure out the reasoning. I plan to revisit Microsoft's gaming AI on PC in the near future to see how (if at all) it has improved since my last test, but in the meantime, I was more interested in what our readers think of AI in gaming. I wasn't just interested in the Xbox and mobile implementations of AI; I asked about opinions on literally any form of AI assistance in gaming, whether it be built-in helpers queried with voice or text, AI monitors that s
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I knew I wasn't the only one who felt like Microsoft is slapping Copilot branding across too much of its tech stack. How many Copilot offerings exist in Microsoft's ecosystem? …
… We led the way in driving that ecosystem, and I think this is positive tailwinds for the entire ecosystem. It will tell us how we're all taking the ball forward in the trajectory that we started." It's clear that Qualcomm views NVIDIA's entry into the PC space as good for the entire industry. …
… I'm not much of a console gamer myself, but I do have experience with Copilot for Gaming on my Windows 11 gaming PC. …
… Microsoft's Windows K2 effort and its work to bridge its Xbox console and PC gaming ecosystems should also serve to breathe new life into the Windows ecosystem in the coming years. …
Last week, France announced that it was transitioning the operating systems of its government desktop PC from Microsoft Windows to variants of Linux . …
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