According to Microsoft’s Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi, “AI PCs” should be able to recognize input “naturally, in text or voice,” to be able to guide users based on what’s on their screens at any given moment, and that AI assistants “should be able to take action on your behalf.”

All Windows 11 users will soon be able to talk to the Copilot AI assistant more easily via voice, and Copilot Vision can understand the context of your screen.

Microsoft's new agentic AI capabilities for Copilot mark a leap forward in its capabilities, but security questions remain top of mind.

Then Pavan Davuluri, VP of Windows and Devices at Microsoft, told us: "You'll be able to speak to your computer while you're writing, inking, or interacting with another person. You should be able to have a computer semantically understand your intent to interact with it."

Microsoft ( MSFT) is more tightly integrating AI into its Windows 11 operating system with a series of updates aimed at making the technology more accessible for its massive user base.

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