Microsoft revamps Copilot into AI ‘super app’ with coding tools, always-on agent
Microsoft is transforming its AI offering, Copilot, into a comprehensive AI super app that integrates previously separate features, including AI coding tools and an always-on AI agent. The company rebranded its personal AI assistant, Scout, to Autopilot and unveiled the redesigned app on September 25 at its annual Build conference. The updated Copilot, available in a preview format, bundles three AI capabilities—chat, coding, and agents—into a unified interface with three tabs: 'Home', 'Code', and 'Autopilot'.
The Home tab offers features from Copilot Chat and Cowork, including a personalized 'Today' dashboard displaying key emails, meeting requests, Teams threads, and more. The Code tool enables users to generate applications, trackers, dashboards, and share them as cloud-hosted internal apps. Autopilot, formerly known as Scout, operates as a 'digital teammate' that can function continuously, even when users are asleep.
It functions as a digital teammate within a user's Microsoft tenant, with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace. Autopilot can perform tasks like monitoring Teams channels, running recurring work tasks, and managing follow-ups, leveraging enterprise-grade capabilities specific to Microsoft's Office and identity management systems.
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