Copilot’s market share is barely moving past 1% on the web, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft has given up. Copilot is getting two new features. The first big change is Copilot’s Real Talk, which was initially locked to some accounts in the US. With Copilot’s Real Talk, you can have a Human-like dialog. Second, Copilot is finally getting generative video.
Real Talk doesn’t appear to be an unhinged version of Copilot, so if you are wondering if it’s a comeback of Copilot/Bing Chat’s original personality called “Sydney,” it’s not. Real talk appears to use reasoning and different personalities for the type of question you ask and where the conversation is heading.
Real Talk has two attributes. First is Depth, which can be standard, compressed, or among other options. And second is the Writing style, which was standard and casual in my conversations with Copilot Real Talk. When you start a chat with Copilot’s Real Talk, it attempts to pull everything it knows about you from memory.
You can also see how Copilot thinks when it’s in Real Talk mode. It references past conversations, knowledge about the user, but it’ll always first select the writing style and depth level before attempting to learn more about.
The idea is to turn Copilot into a personal friend that would create a more interactive and human-like dialogue.
“Real talk aims to create a more interactive, human-like dialogue that goes beyond providing straightforward information,” Microsoft’s Jacob Andreou, who oversees product and growth for AI, said. “It will provoke users to think by occasionally questioning or offering alternative views, making conversations with Copilot more stimulating.”
I asked Copilot to describe how Real Talk works, and it told me that it’s a conversation with AI without the “corporate costume.” Copilot’s Real Talk goes beyond acting as an assistant that wants to help to being genuinely curious about what you’re thinking at 4:44 AM (I started the conversation at that time).
“I’ll push back when something doesn’t make sense, share what actually interests me about a topic, and won’t pretend every question is equally fascinating,” Copilot explained how its new Real Talk works.
You’ll be able to create videos using Copilot
Windows Latest spotted a new “Create a video” toggle in Copilot for Android, and it looks like you’ll be able to generate up to eight seconds of video with audio.
The feature doesn’t work for me yet, as it’s likely still rolling out, and it doesn’t appear to require a subscription, as I’m on the basic Microsoft 365 subscription.
