{
  "id": 10385653,
  "title": "Microsoft revamps Copilot into AI ‘super app’ with coding tools, always-on agent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/microsoft-revamps-copilot-into-ai-super-app-with-coding-tools-always",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T06:41:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-revamps-copilot-ai-super-app-10897180/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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'.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Microsoft rebrands Copilot as AI super app with coding tools",
    "Updated Copilot includes Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs",
    "Autopilot functions as always-on digital teammate within Microsoft tenant"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}