From PC World: Microsoft launched Cortana as an AI assistant and the flagship feature of Windows 10 in 2015. Now, eight years later, Microsoft is pulling the plug.
In a support document, Microsoft said that it’s ending support for the Cortana app, Cortana’s only remaining presence within Windows. Instead, Microsoft said it will encourage users to use other AI-powered features, whether it be within a standalone app or simply part of Windows or Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft did say that Cortana will still be available within Outlook Mobile and various versions of Teams, including Microsoft’s conferencing solution, Teams Rooms. Microsoft has used Cortana to provide a “daily briefing,” summarizing your Outlook emails in a glanceable synopsis. That functionality is now branded as Microsoft Viva, however.
“We know that this change may affect some of the ways you work in Windows, so we want to help you transition smoothly to the new options,” Microsoft said.
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