Microsoft's Copilot generative AI chatbot is coming to Xbox as an AI assistant tool. The tool is coming soon in beta form for Xbox Insiders on mobile, but a series of proof of concept demonstrations suggests that Xbox intends to integrate Copilot on console and PC to give you tips, reminders of what you were doing last time you played, and recommendations on new games. To quote the Xbox Wire announcement on all this, it "aims to save you time, [and] help you get good."
This gaming Copilot is going out in beta first because Microsoft wants to be sure to get it right, according to corporate VP of gaming AI Fatima Kardar. "We really don't want to mess up the gaming experience," Kardar says in a new episode of the Xbox podcast. "So we have to be very cautious about it, which means we put things out there. We let people give us feedback, try it out, see what resonates, and build from that. I feel that's going to be very important. It does make us uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable. I keep getting reminded that people expect a lot from the Xbox brand and that is what keeps me up at night."
