Microsoft’s revamped personal Copilot, released this week, lets users engage in natural conversations with AI using their voice. It doesn’t retain information from one session to another, but figuring the right way to implement long-term memory will be one of the most important next steps AI overall.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announces a redesigned Copilot, which aims to revolutionise technology interactions by offering personalised, adaptive support. Positioned as a new era of technology,

Microsoft is launching a redesigned version of Copilot today, intent on becoming an AI assistant or companion. To celebrate this, Microsoft’s new AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, has penned a 700-plus-word memo on what he describes as a “technological paradigm shift” toward AI models that can understand what humans see and hear.