Microsoft catches the eye with new AI image editing tools for Copilot

Date:
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:35:58 +0000

Description:
Ahead of a Superbowl ad campaign, Microsoft is adding inline image editing to Copilot.

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The latest update to Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant promises to make it
even easier to create and customize images as it adds image editing tools right inside the app.

Content creators are now able to generate AI images with text-to-image prompts, and customize directly in the Copilot app on Windows, mobile, and online.

Alongside the Dall-E-powered AI art generator comes a handful of UI improvements to Copilots web and mobile apps, with Yusuf Mehdi, Executive
Vice President, Consumer Chief Marketing Officer calling it, a cleaner, sleeker look and feel for answers and a fun new carousel of suggested
prompts. Whats new in Microsoft Copilot?

Over 5 billion chats and 5 billion images created to date. Its with these figures - big, but are they impressive? - and a widely trailed Superbowl ad that Microsoft is launching a few tweaks to its AI assistant.

But while users will breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing Copilot will now, according to Mehdi. help them more easily gain understanding about the world, UI/UX updates rarely make engaging half-time commercials. So on top of that streamlined look and feel comes Designer for Copilot, a free online AI image generator with inline editing. (Image credit: Microsoft / Future)

We tried out the browser version, and found it incredibly simple to use.
After defining an image, and selecting one of four Copilot suggestions, users can choose Customize to open up the Designer web app. Its a fairly
lightweight platform, even compared to graphic design software like Canva and Adobe Express, but well-suited to rapid content creation for social media posts. Usefully, generated images remain in the Copilot chatbox.

In a blog post announcing the update, Mehdi also teased the upcoming arrival of new Designer GPT, described as an immersive, dedicated canvas inside of Copilot where you can visualize your ideas. Cortana wouldve wanted it this way.

Personal users can now access Copilots new tools for free, while the
platforms Pro subscribers also gain inline image resize and regenerate tools. More from TechRadar Pro Microsoft Copilot can now write the sales pitch of a lifetime We tried the best drawing and digital art software - here are our
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