Microsoft launches consumption-based 365 Copilot Chat option for corporate users
Summary
Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the companys world leading operating system. Microsoft on Wednesday announced a tier of its Copilot assistant for corporate users with a consumption-based pricing model. Several companies have adopted the Microsoft 365 Copilot since it became available for $30 per person per month in November 2023, but one group of analysts recently characterized the product push as "slow/underwhelming." Copilot Chat can fetch information from the web and summarize text in uploaded documents, and people using it can create agents that perform tasks in the background. Some management teams have resisted paying Microsoft to give the 365 Copilot to thousands of employees because they werent sure how helpful it would be at the $30 monthly price.