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Microsoft’s big Windows 11 update drops on September 26 with Copilot AI baked in (www.engadget.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Microsoft is releasing a big Windows 11 update on September 26. Update 23H2 includes the new AI-powered Windows Copilot feature, a native RAR app, a new volume mixer and a lot more.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually spoke with one of the people on the team for this the other week.

They have significant money problems. Copilot is expensive as crap to run, and this is about to make the situation 10x worse.

(Also this feature was completely broken a few weeks ago, so I'd be surprised if it launches without a hitch)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have significant money problems.

Who is "they" here? Microsoft?

I think they're doing just fine financially.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The particular team is burning money to run Copilot, and this new feature will burn money faster. Microsoft is mega profitable and happy to do this in the short-term, but they're banking on a better solution in the long run.

I also specifically asked if Copilot was nerfed, and all the employee said was (paraphrasing): "Some people have run benchmarks and found it is worse than a year ago"