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Phone Arena
3 days ago
- Phone Arena
Microsoft just turned AI into your gaming buddy – and you might be using it in Windows 11 soon
If you've not been living under a rock in the last couple of years or so, you know that every company is putting generative AI in its products as much as possible. Now, the latest Windows 11 move that uses AI is focused on gaming. Microsoft has now developed a feature called Gaming Copilot. And yep, AI now turns gamer. Gaming Copilot is a new assistant powered by AI, intended to help gamers by advising them on how to complete levels or beat challenges. The feature is currently being tested and may soon be made available as part of a future Windows 11 feature is a variant of Microsoft's generative AI-powered assistant, Copilot. Right now, Xbox Insiders can test it on any Windows 11-powered laptop via the Game Bar. Microsoft is also said to bring more optimizations to the feature, together with the launch of the Xbox Ally handheld gaming consoles later this year. Gaming Copilot will know what game you are playing and will be able to help you with steps or moves to complete levels or defeat a boss in the game. You will also be able to access your achievements and see your play history from the chatbot. Image Credit - Microsoft The Gaming Copilot chatbot will be visible inside the Game Bar. You can also use voice mode to ask questions with your voice if you don't want to type your question to the chatbot. Also, if you don't want to describe the scene with your voice, the chatbot can use screenshots to see what you are seeing. Microsoft is planning to turn Gamin Copilot into a full-on AI gaming coach in the future. Previously, the tech giant has tested a similar feature, called Xbox Copilot, on Android and iOS phones. At the moment, the feature is available in English and is limited to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the U.S., and a few other regions. It is expected to expand to more countries and regions in the future, but right now, we don't have a precise time for when this expansion is going to happen.I personally have mixed feelings about this, even though I'm not a gamer myself. I'd expect gamers to want to rely on their skills and competence to beat difficult levels, and I'd assume serious gamers won't be pleased about this new assistant. It seems it may take away from the fun of figuring out a difficult challenge. But then. If everyone starts using AI assistants for gaming, it may just become the norm. Kinda like a smarter R2-D2 to follow you around in the game and give you ideas. Which side are you on?
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
AI Daily: OpenAI launches GPT-5, xAI's Grok 5 expected before year-end
Catch up on the top artificial intelligence news and commentary by Wall Street analysts on publicly traded companies in the space with this daily recap compiled by The Fly: Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. OPENAI'S GPT-5: In a post to its corporate site, OpenAI stated, 'Today we're introducing GPT-5, OpenAI's smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, and a major step towards placing intelligence at the center of every business. GPT-5 unites and exceeds OpenAI's prior breakthroughs in frontier intelligence, spanning 4o, OpenAI o-series reasoning, agents, and advanced math capabilities. It arrives as organizations like BNY Mellon, California State University, Figma, Intercom, Lowe's, Morgan Stanley, SoftBank, T-Mobile, and more have already armed their workforces with AI – 5 million paid users now use ChatGPT business products-and begun to reimagine their operations on the API. GPT-5 delivers leaps in accuracy, speed, reasoning, context recognition, structured thinking, and problem-solving. The true magic will happen when businesses start applying GPT-5 to imagine new use cases.' Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI's new GPT-5 models are now showing up in Microsoft's AI-powered assistant Copilot, and is even available for free users of the software, The Verge's Tom Warren reports. XAI'S GROK 5: Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that xAI's Grok 5 will be out before the end of 2025 and will be 'crushingly good.' The xAI founder made this comment in response to a post about Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI's GPT-5 models, whose launch was announcced earlier Thursday. 'OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive,' Musk also said in response to a post from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on GPT-5. AI-POWERED GAMING COPILOT: Microsoft's Xbox said in a blog post that Gaming Copilot, the company's AI gaming assistant, is available on Game Bar for Windows PC for Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview beginning Wednesday. 'Gaming is one of the only forms of entertainment where you can get stuck, and Gaming Copilot is designed to help get you past those obstacles so you can spend more time playing the games you love,' the company said. 'This companion makes gaming with Xbox more seamless and personalized, helping you get to gameplay faster, sharpening your skills, and being there when you need it and out of the way when you don't. While Gaming Copilot (Beta) is also available now for Xbox Insiders to try on Windows handhelds with limited functionality, further optimizations are underway for handhelds as we approach the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X.' SUPPORT AI EDUCATION: In a blog post, Google (GOOGL) wrote, 'Millions of college students around the world are getting ready to start classes. To help make the school year even better, we're making our most advanced AI tools available to them for free, including our new Guided Learning mode. We're also providing $1 billion to support AI education and job training programs and research in the U.S. This includes making our AI and career training free for every college student in America through our AI for Education Accelerator – over 100 colleges and universities have already signed up.' LESS BUREAUCRACY: Microsoft (MSFT) hired Mustafa Suleyman, one of the founders of Google's (GOOGL) DeepMind, as head of AI and he has been personally calling recruits from his former shop for top talent, the Wall Street Journal's Sebastian Herrera and Katherine Blunt report, citing people familiar with the matter. Suleyman has been pitching them on the idea that Microsoft's AI division is a nimbler, more startup-like workplace than DeepMind and has offered higher pay and the opportunity to help turn the Copilot chatbot into a more formidable rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT. INTEGRATION: Aurora Mobile (JG) announced that its AI agent platform, will integrate Genie 3, the latest general-purpose world model released by Google DeepMind (GOOGL). Through this collaboration, developers will be able to access Genie 3 directly via the platform, allowing them to create highly dynamic and physically consistent 3D training environments for AI agents. This will accelerate AI agents' learning and decision-making capabilities for complex tasks.
Engadget
4 days ago
- Engadget
You can now try Microsoft's Gaming Copilot AI assistant on PC
Microsoft revealed that it was working on an AI chatbot specifically for gamers back in March, and now it's here for a test drive. The beta version of Gaming Copilot is available to Xbox Insiders on PC via the Game Bar functionality. It's also available to try on Windows-based handheld gaming devices, but the company says the functionality there is currently limited. A variant of this tool recently launched as a beta for mobile . This is kind of like an AI version of those old Nintendo phone help lines. The chat box appears as an overlay on the screen and players can use it to ask questions about the game they're playing. Microsoft says this tool has been designed to help players traverse obstacles and that it "knows what you're playing and understands your Xbox activity." The system uses in-game screenshots to make sure it's providing useful advice. With that in mind, Gaming Copilot can also offer suggestions about new games to buy and answer questions about system accounts. It allows for text-based and voice-based queries, assuming a microphone is connected. Microsoft says it'll be adding more features in the future, including "richer game assistance such as proactive coaching." The beta build of Gaming Copilot is only available in English at the moment, though it can be used in various regions including the US, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.
The Verge
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Copilot to the Windows Game Bar
Microsoft started testing its Xbox Copilot on iOS and Android earlier this year, and now it's bringing the chatbot to the Game Bar feature on Windows 11. Xbox Insiders can start testing a preview of the Gaming Copilot integration in the Game Bar today, and Microsoft is planning 'further optimizations' for this new feature on the upcoming Xbox Ally handhelds. 'Gaming Copilot knows what you're playing and understands your Xbox activity to provide an experience centered around you,' says Taylor O'Malley, principal program manager at Xbox. You'll be able to ask the Copilot for help with the game you're playing, as well as access achievements and play history. The Gaming Copilot will be available as a widget inside the Game Bar, and it includes a voice mode so you can talk to the AI assistant without having to alt + tab out of a game. The Gaming Copilot will even use screenshots of your game to help answer questions about it, without you having to describe things in detail. That could be as simple as asking 'what am I looking at?' while facing a boss in a game, and Copilot should respond with details about the boss and perhaps even methods to take it down. This is the first step in Microsoft's vision to turn its Xbox Copilot into an AI gaming coach. Microsoft is positioning the Gaming Copilot as a sidekick, one that will accompany you through games and offer tips and information about game worlds. Microsoft has previously demonstrated using the Gaming Copilot with Overwatch 2, letting it recommend good hero picks to complement the rest of the team. This early preview is only available in English and limited to the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, and a few other regions. Microsoft isn't making it available in the UK or any other European markets yet. It's planning to release the Gaming Copilot in additional regions at a later date, but it's not clear yet when exactly that will happen. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Tom Warren Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Gaming Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Microsoft Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Xbox
