Microsoft is ending its “Gaming Copilot” AI initiative for Xbox consoles and is winding down Copilot on mobile, according to multiple reports. Newly appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announces on X that the company will stop developing Copilot on console and will begin retiring Copilot features in the Xbox mobile app. The change reverses earlier plans that positioned the assistant as coming to current-generation Xbox consoles. Sharma says the shift follows a broader reorganization of the Xbox platform team, including executives from Microsoft’s CoreAI team, where she previously worked. In her post, Sharma says Xbox needs to move faster, deepen its connection with the community, and address friction for players and developers. She adds that Xbox will retire features that do not align with where the platform is headed. Reporting also notes that Sharma has taken additional steps since February, including scrapping Microsoft Gaming branding and cutting the price of Xbox Game Pass. Several outlets describe Copilot as an AI gaming sidekick intended to provide real-time guidance or advice in games such as Minecraft, and note that the service was still in beta at the time of cancellation.
Xbox CEO ends Copilot AI development for consoles and winds down mobile features
Microsoft is ending its “Gaming Copilot” AI initiative for Xbox consoles and is winding down Copilot on mobile, according to multiple reports. Newly appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announces on X that...
- Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Microsoft is stopping Copilot development on Xbox consoles.
- Sharma also says Microsoft is winding down Copilot on the Xbox mobile app.
- The change follows an Xbox platform leadership reorganization that brings in CoreAI executives.
- Sharma cites a need to move faster and to focus on features aligned with the platform’s direction.
- Reports describe Gaming Copilot as an AI assistant intended to provide in-game guidance, including in titles such as Minecraft.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has discontinued Gaming Copilot, citing a need to move faster and cut features that don’t align with where the platform is headed.
3 months agoNew Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed that Microsoft has stopped development of Copilot on console and to begin “winding down” use of the AI service for mobile gaming. Sharma took to X to reveal that Microsoft will retire features “that don’t align with where we’re headed.” Gaming Copilot, which was still in the beta […]
3 months agoMicrosoft is winding down Xbox Copilot on mobile and ending development of Copilot on console, reversing plans to bring the gaming-focused AI assistant to current-generation Xbox consoles this year. "The move follows [new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's] reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team -- where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox -- to the Xbox side of the company," reports The Verge. Sharma said in a post on X: Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers. Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is important as we get the business back on track. As part of this shift, you'll see us begin to retire features that don't align with where we're headed. We will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console. Since taking over for former Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in February, Sharma has scrapped the Microsoft Gaming brand and cut the price of Xbox Game Pass. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
3 months agoMicrosoft winds down console AI assistant as new boss says it no longer fits the plan
3 months agoXbox's newly-appointed head Asha Sharma is sunsetting the company's Copilot initiative, which was once envisioned as an AI-driven "personal gaming sidekick", designed to offer real-time advice in games such as Minecraft. Read more
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