Copilot AIs mission to infiltrate the Windows 11 desktop appears to have advanced another step

Date:
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:48:54 +0000

Description:
Windows 11 users who dislike Copilot, brace yourselves: the AI looks set to move into another corner of the interface.

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Copilot is creeping into another corner of the Windows 11 interface , it seems, with the AI assistant seen in the context menu of File Explorer.

This is still in test builds of Windows 11, mind, and not officially either. Windows Latest flagged up the change, which was first noticed by PhantomOfEarth, a well-known leaker on X (formerly Twitter) who previously picked up on clues that File Explorer integration was inbound for Copilot
back in January 2024. Here's how the Copilot entry in File Explorer context menus will appear. It will show some actions you can take for files using Copilot, like summarizing and describing text files. https://t.co/15KXTKcaBn pic.twitter.com/N6HhIB8pWk March 17, 2024 See more

Now we can see how the context menu option will work, enabling you to right click on a file, and choose to send it to Copilot open the AIs panel with
the file active, as if youd dragged it in there or to elect to summarize the file. The latter choice being the standard option for Copilot to summarize a document or PDF for example.

Even though weve caught a glimpse of the menu now, it still doesnt work
(which is why it isnt officially running in Windows 11 previews yet). As Windows Latest makes clear, if you click to summarize, a summary isnt provided.

Other options may be added down the line, too. In fact, its very likely well see a rewrite choice for example, allowing for rewriting a document, another task Copilot is currently capable of. Analysis: Copilots future flight path

We can expect to see Copilots tendrils snaking into all parts of the Windows 11 interface eventually, which may not be to everyones tastes.

Those who dont want to use the AI, or even see it in Windows at all, can ignore it, or turn off the functionality for the time being ( one way or another ) but there will come a point where Copilot will be the beating
heart of Microsofts OS, and youll have to use AI, like it or not. Although
the functionality provided will probably be pretty advanced and undeniably useful (or indeed indispensable) at that stage.

This particular move is not a big intrusion into the desktop, though. Were talking about an extra line in the right-click menu, and perhaps Microsoft will be incorporating an option to turn it off as well. In the same way you can remove the Copilot icon from the taskbar if you wish maybe therell be a way to switch all the AIs functions off with an easy flick of a toggle. (Or
an instruction, perhaps: Copilot, remove yourself from all parts of my
Windows 11 interface we wouldnt bank on it, mind).

As long as users have a choice, thats a good thing, but as weve already said, in the future we feel there likely wont be a choice as such because Copilot will pretty much become Windows, or the central pillar of the OS. Windows
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