Microsoft to announce ‘next phase of Copilot’ on September 16th

Microsoft is holding a peculiar Copilot lawsuit aboriginal this period that volition beryllium focused connected “the adjacent signifier of Copilot innovation.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and vice president of AI astatine enactment Jared Spataro volition big the “wave 2” Copilot lawsuit connected September 16th.

The lawsuit volition beryllium hosted connected LinkedIn and absorption connected the concern broadside of Microsoft’s Copilot offerings. I revealed successful my Notepad newsletter past period that Microsoft is astir to rebrand Copilot successful the astir Microsoft mode possible. This means that alternatively of “Copilot successful Word” it volition go “Microsoft 365 Copilot successful Word,” alongside a rebranding of “Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365” to “Microsoft 365 Copilot.”

Microsoft’s lawsuit won’t beryllium each astir the rebranding though, I’m expecting to spot a clump of caller Copilot features for Microsoft 365 that volition effort and tempt much businesses to motion up to the $30 per idiosyncratic per period pricing. Microsoft unlocked its Copilot AI features wrong Office apps and much earlier this year, but there’s inactive a statement among businesses implicit whether it’s worthy the steep monthly price.

We whitethorn adjacent spot much features announced for Copilot Pro, Microsoft’s user subscription for its AI offerings. The $20 monthly subscription provides Copilot features successful Word, overmuch similar the business-focused subscription, but it hasn’t seen galore caller features added since it launched earlier this year. Microsoft adjacent removed a GPT Builder feature from Copilot Pro successful June.

Microsoft’s Copilot lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected Monday September 16th astatine 8AM PT / 11AM ET, and The Verge will beryllium covering it unrecorded with each the precise latest quality connected the AI assistant.