For more than twenty years, our way of browsing the web has remained frozen: a tab, a search, a reading, and we start again. A familiar cycle, but that Microsoft considers today. With a daring question, the Redmond firm challenges us: “Is your browser as efficient as it should?” »» His answer is an ambitious overhaul of his browser Edge, propelled by a new “Co -Copilot mode” which intends to transform our online experience.
Finished, the passive browser. Microsoft has a vision where your browser becomes a real proactive collaborator. At the heart of this transformation, an omnipresent artificial intelligence but designed, according to the company, to stay under our control. The “Copilot mode”, available now in an experimental version on Windows and Mac, is not a simple improved search bar. It is an overhaul of the interaction itself.
An assistant who includes the context
One of the major innovations is Copilot’s ability, with your permission, to analyze the content of all your tabs open simultaneously. For example, during research to prepare your vacation, you can simply ask AI instead of juggling between ten different pages. “Find me the cheapest rental which is closest to the beach and has an equipped kitchen” is an example of a possible request for the Microsoft tool. Copilot then synthesizes information for you, transforming a tedious task into a simple conversation.
This contextual intelligence is accompanied by “actions” which make it possible to control the browser with voice or in natural language. Orders like “summarize me this article” or “compare the characteristics of these two products” aim to drastically reduce the number of clicks and to fluidify navigation. All, without leaving your page since the assistant appears in a side component, avoiding the interruptions and pop-ups that come out of our concentration.
An ambitious roadmap, between service and surveillance
Microsoft already sees further and Copilot could soon access your history, your favorites and even your identifiers to carry out more complex actions, such as reserving a restaurant or organizing a trip from A to Z. The promise of an ultimate personal assistant is taking shape, capable of anticipating your needs and managing the most rebuilt tasks.
Faced with such integration, the question of confidentiality is crucial. Microsoft wants to be reassuring, hammering that the user “remains master of his data”. The activation of the mode is optional, visual indicators will permanently point out when AI is active, and everything is governed by the company’s confidentiality standards. Insurance that will have to convince, while the idea of letting an AI dig into our most sensitive data raises legitimate questions.
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A new race for innovation
This Microsoft offensive is nothing chance. It is part of a new arms race where the battlefield is artificial intelligence. While Google incorporates its gemini AI into Chrome and new players like Perplexity are launching browsers entirely designed around AI, Microsoft tries to take a step ahead.
Proposed free of charge “for a limited duration”, this Copilot mode undoubtedly prevails a future paying subscription. For the moment, he presents himself as an invitation to rethink our habits. Are we ready to entrust the reins of our navigation to an intelligent co-pilot? The future of the web may be played now, in the answer we will bring to this question.
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