Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft relaunches Copilot with a persistent agent, Autopilot
🧒 Discovery
Microsoft made its Copilot assistant able to keep working by itself even after you've closed your computer.
📰 Essential
Microsoft is overhauling its Copilot AI around a persistent agent called Autopilot that can keep working on tasks even after the user logs off, and is adding hosting for AI-generated apps.
🔬 Expert
Autopilot shifts Copilot from a reactive assistant into an agent that keeps pursuing tasks in the background, mirroring similar pushes at Google and OpenAI. Adding native hosting for AI-generated apps aims to keep users inside Microsoft's ecosystem rather than letting them deploy elsewhere.