Copilot is launching Copilot Tasks, a feature that carries out user-described to-dos automatically across apps and services, and will enter a limited research preview for a small group of users, the Copilot Team said in a company blog post.
The company framed the release as part of a broader move in artificial intelligence, calling it a shift "from chat to actions" and saying the product marks the next chapter after conversational chatbots.
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Copilot Tasks runs with its own computer and browser to perform work in the background. The feature can run recurring, scheduled or one-off tasks, and reports back when complete. The Copilot Team wrote that Tasks is "AI that doesn’t just talk to you, but works for you." The blog post adds that Tasks will ask for consent before taking meaningful actions like spending money or sending messages on a user’s behalf.
The company said the preview will start with a small set of testers and that it will expand access over the coming weeks before a broader launch. The Copilot Team also described Tasks as user-controlled: people can review, pause or cancel tasks at any time and can refine instructions as needed. "Copilot Tasks is a to-do list that does itself," the Copilot Team said in the blog post.
The recap
- Copilot launches Tasks research preview to a small group
- Tasks can run recurring, scheduled or single-run background actions
- Users can join a waitlist and receive testing invitations