7. Copilot Still Doesn’t Have Any Real Reason to Be There
Yes, we know Microsoft is all in on AI, but it jumped the gun way too prematurely once it decided to stick Copilot on the Windows 11 taskbar. The AI is still not ready for prime time. It’s still capable of generating false or even heinous results in response to some prompts.
But even beyond that, the AI installed on Windows is the same exact UI you can find in Bing search. None of it is handled on-device, and instead, all your prompts get whisked away to the cloud to be processed. It’s still only capable of opening up some apps, but don’t expect it to change any settings for you on the fly. Do you want faster times on your responses? Microsoft will need you to foot over $20 a month. As of right now, we don’t see any reason why anybody should want to pay for such an early version of the AI.
Microsoft has an upcoming conference in May that may reveal more AI capabilities for Windows PCs. Perhaps if the AI gets more integrated into Windows, it may be able to change your default apps for you without you needing to get into the weeds. Perhaps it might diagnose some problems with your PC for ease of use. Perhaps Microsoft might use it to entice users to use 365. We desperately hope not.
