From PC World: Microsoft apparently doesn’t know what to do with itself, at least as far as Copilot, AI, and Windows are concerned. Recent reports suggest that Microsoft is backing away from more AI in Windows 11.
The past two years have seen a huge push by Microsoft to incorporate its Copilot AI into Windows, starting with Copilot+ PCs in 2024. But recent data shows that Copilot+ PCs are a bust. Microsoft seems to know this and has started pivoting away from all that. In fact, while Microsoft once said that every Windows 11 PC will be an AI PC, the company appears to finally see the writing on the wall.
According to Windows Central, Microsoft isn’t just scaling back on Copilot AI integration in Windows, but even moving to “reduce AI bloat across the operating system”:
Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft’s plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach in the OS.
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