Microsoft Copilot

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An incredibly powerful AI assistant integrated throughout the Microsoft ecosystem, powered by OpenAI's advanced GPT-4 models.

About Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat) serves as Microsoft's ubiquitous AI companion, bringing the immense reasoning power of OpenAI's GPT-4 to the general public for free. Operating as a conversational search engine and productivity assistant, it fundamentally changes how users interact with the web and their operating system.

The platform excels at deep research. When a user asks a complex question, Copilot autonomously browses the live internet, synthesizes information from multiple credible sources, and provides a comprehensive answer complete with clickable footnote citations, heavily reducing the risk of AI hallucination.

For enterprise users, Copilot for Microsoft 365 embeds this intelligence directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. It acts as a highly capable executive assistant, able to instantly summarize missed Teams meetings, draft professional emails in Outlook based on brief bullet points, or generate complex data visualizations directly inside an Excel spreadsheet.

Key Features

Core capabilities and technical highlights of Microsoft Copilot

Direct integration of OpenAI's powerful GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 models, completely free for everyday consumer use.

Live web browsing capabilities that provide real-time, highly factual answers complete with exact source citations.

Enterprise-grade integration with Microsoft 365, embedding AI directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Commercial data protection guaranteeing that enterprise chat data is not saved or used to train the underlying AI models.

Popular Use Cases

How teams, developers, and creators get value from Microsoft Copilot

1Ask a complex legal question and receive a highly detailed answer with clickable footnotes citing the exact web sources used.

2Use the integrated DALL-E 3 engine to instantly generate highly stylized, professional corporate presentation graphics.

3Utilize Copilot inside Microsoft Word to instantly rewrite a casual draft into a highly formal, executive-ready corporate memo.

4Prompt the assistant in Excel to automatically identify trends in a massive dataset and generate the corresponding pivot tables.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions and answers regarding Microsoft Copilot

Is Microsoft Copilot free?

Yes, the web-based conversational assistant is free and provides access to GPT-4. The deep integration into Office apps requires a paid Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.

Does it use ChatGPT?

Copilot is powered by the exact same foundational models as ChatGPT (GPT-4), developed through Microsoft's massive partnership with OpenAI.

Can it generate images?

Yes, the platform includes a highly capable image creator powered by the DALL-E 3 engine, allowing users to generate art directly in the chat.

Is my data secure?

For users signed in with an eligible corporate Entra ID account, Copilot automatically enforces strict commercial data protection, meaning prompts are never saved.

Does it work on Mac?

Yes, the web interface works on any browser, and the Microsoft 365 integrations function flawlessly on both Windows and Mac versions of the Office suite.