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Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft AI, a division of Microsoft. Based on the Microsoft Prometheus large language model, it was launched in February of 2023 as Microsoft's main replacement for the discontinued Cortana from Windows 10. The service was introduced in February 2023 under the name Bing Chat, as a built-in feature for Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Edge but would later be integrated into Windows and Microsoft 365 under various names. Over the course of 2023, Microsoft began to unify the Copilot branding across various chatbot products, cementing the "copilot" analogy. Microsoft introduced the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in January of 2025, which was a rebranded version of the Microsoft 365 app. The application works differently than the consumer version of Copilot, being centred more on work, business and education users. Copilot uses the Microsoft Prometheus model, built upon OpenAI's GPT large language models, which in turn have been fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. Copilot's conversational interface style resembles that of ChatGPT. The chatbot is able to cite sources, create poems, generate songs, and use numerous languages and dialects. Microsoft operates Copilot on a freemium model.…
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Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft AI, a division of Microsoft. Based on the Microsoft Prometheus large language model, it was launched in February of 2023 as Microsoft's main replacement for the discontinued Cortana from Windows 10. The service was introduced in February 2023 under the name Bing Chat, as a built-in feature for Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Edge but would later be integrated into Windows and Microsoft 365 under various names. Over the course of 2023, Microsoft began to unify the Copilot branding across various chatbot products, cementing the "copilot" analogy. Microsoft introduced the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in January of 2025, which was a rebranded version of the Microsoft 365 app. The application works differently than the consumer version of Copilot, being centred more on work, business and education users. Copilot uses the Microsoft Prometheus model, built upon OpenAI's GPT large language models, which in turn have been fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. Copilot's conversational interface style resembles that of ChatGPT. The chatbot is able to cite sources, create poems, generate songs, and use numerous languages and dialects. Microsoft operates Copilot on a freemium model.…
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