It's game over for Copilot on Xbox

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Microsoft winds down console AI assistant as new boss says it no longer fits the plan

Microsoft is halting Copilot development for Xbox consoles.

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made the announcement on X (formerly Twitter), saying the company "will stop development of Copilot on console," retiring features that "don't align with where we're headed." Whatever the future holds for Xbox, it appears that Copilotwill not feature in it.

The Copilot brand has not become the halo Microsoft hoped for. The AI assistant has yet to catch fire with customers in the same way as rivals like Gemini and ChatGPT. Last month, theCopilot icon was removed from Notepad,and earlier this year, Microsoft promised to rethink its approach to foisting the technology into every crevice of its flagship operating system and applications.

It is against this background that the GamingCopilotis being discontinued in its currentform before...

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