Microsoft Copilot is said to be witnessing growing momentum in India
Microsoft is reportedly bullish on the Indian market when it comes to artificial intelligence and in particular the company’s proprietary AI platform Copilot. The information was shared by Microsoft’s President of India and South Asia Puneet Chandok in an interview. The director also reportedly claimed that Copilot is witnessing growing momentum in the country due to increased real-world use of the technology. Notably, several manufacturers recently launched Copilot+ PC laptops in India, which allows users to use the AI on the system natively.
Microsoft is reportedly witnessing growing momentum for Copilot
In one interview speaking to PTI, Chandok spoke about India and the reception of AI technologies by both users and companies. Microsoft has reportedly witnessed an increasing amount of momentum in the field of AI and Copilot in particular. Due to the rise of Copilot in the country, the tech giant is also reportedly not planning to reduce its technology spend in India.
Chandok also reportedly highlighted that skepticism around AI in the country is turning into optimism as more and more players adapt to the new technology. Furthermore, Microsoft is also said to have taken note of the real impact of AI on the ground with the “emergence of real, interesting use cases.”
Furthermore, the Redmond-based tech giant has reportedly touted India as one of the “fastest growing regions in the world for Microsoft” and the company sees it as an opportunity to make a dent with its offerings and innovation.
Microsoft in particular has been aggressive with the rollout of AI features in 2024. The company has released several upgrades to Copilot, including improved image editing capabilities, speech and vision features, as well as its integration into various services such as Microsoft 365, Azure and GitHub. and more.
Recently, the tech giant upgraded the GitHub Copilot with support for multi-model capabilities. It now supports Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic, Gemini 1.5 Pro from Google, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, o1-preview, and o1-mini models. Several brands, such as Asus, HP, Dell, and others, have also released Copilot+ PCs with a dedicated Copilot button and system-wide Copilot AI capabilities.
