Alexander Lewis 
May 21, 2024
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Team Copilot, at the Microsoft Build 2024 event. The company said that the Team Copilot will be available wherever a team collaborates such as in Microsoft Teams, Loop, and Planner, among other programmes.
Unveiling Team Copilot, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: “It can be your meeting facilitator or when you are in teams creating agendas, tracking time, taking notes for you or a collaborator writing chats, surfacing the most important information, tracking action items, addressing unresolved issues, and it can even be your project manager ensuring that every project that you are working on as a team is running smoothly”.
Read more: Microsoft introduces Windows Copilot Runtime at Build 2024
Now, people can take directions and assignments from an AI bot confidently. Also, they can turn the table and assign the task to other people in the team. The company announced this new AI assistant with a new wave of tools and technologies for creating, deploying, and integrating AI technologies.
Speaking during the occassion, Satya said that this AI assistant will be available in preview later this year, however, it will require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to access.
It can be noted that by the passing time, the tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others are continuously chasing one another to enhance AI technology, expanding the footprints of their cloud platforms.
