what is ms copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an artificial intelligence assistant feature for Microsoft 365 applications and services. It was announced by Microsoft on March 16, 2023, and is integrated into Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Copilot is designed to help users with repetitive tasks like writing documents, summarizing emails, and preparing demonstrations. It uses OpenAIs advanced GPT-4 large language models (LLMs) and incorporates Microsoft Graph to convert user text input into content in Microsoft 365 apps. Copilot is being marketed as an added feature to Microsoft 365, with an emphasis on business productivity. It can be used to present information for upcoming meetings, transcribe meetings, and provide debriefs if users join the meeting late. After the meeting, Copilot can also summarize discussion points, list key actions deliberated in the meeting, and answer questions that were covered in the meeting. Copilot is built on Microsofts comprehensive approach to security, compliance, and privacy, and automatically inherits all companys valuable security, compliance, and privacy policies and processes.