Xbox CEO ends Copilot AI development and overhauls leadership

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jdlshore•about 2 hours ago

What is/was Copilot on mobile and on XBox? I can’t keep track of all the different things Microsoft now calls “Copilot.”

It’s interesting that so many execs with a GenAI background are joining a gaming console division, and seemingly moving away from GenAI. Gamers are pretty hostile to GenAI, too.

Edit: As nhinck2 says below, all the new execs came with the new CEO from her CoreAI division. So maybe not so interesting after all.

favorited•about 2 hours ago

It was supposed to be Copilot, with access to your Xbox account. So you could ask it things like "what achievements do I have in [game]?" It would also know what game you were playing, and answer questions like, "I'm stuck on [puzzle], give me a hint," etc.

The "on mobile" part was that it would be integrated into the Xbox mobile app.

(I say "supposed to be" because it was just a beta, and hadn't even made it to consoles yet – just PC and mobile.)

crowcroft•about 2 hours ago

One turn away from 'Hey Copilot can you play my game for me'.

cma•about 2 hours ago

It doesn't sound too different than things like the Nintendo Power Hotline.

mc32•about 2 hours ago

Where the other player asked the same thing so Copilot has to play against itself...

3eb7988a1663•about 1 hour ago

I have never used it, but many games on Playstation offer a kind of Hint function accessible from within the platform.

cryzinger•40 minutes ago

I've used those occasionally and they seem to be a mix of official guides and user-submitted video clips, but it's not clear where the user-submitted clips come from.

sidewndr46•11 minutes ago

isn't Copilot just whatever Microsoft needs it to be this week?

nhinck2•about 2 hours ago

Well, one person moved and then brought a bunch of people with them.

jdlshore•about 2 hours ago

Good point.

sudofail•about 2 hours ago

Sounds promising! Hope she can turn things around.

Xbox CEO ends Copilot AI development and overhauls leadership

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