Copilot GPTs are currently available to select users during the testing phase, Microsoft has confirmed. (Jordi Ribas/X)

Microsoft introduces Copilot GPTs to assist with learning recipes, vacation planning, and other tasks

Adriana MaraisFebruary 27, 24 Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft

Microsoft has been strengthening its artificial intelligence capabilities in recent months, with a focus on its Copilot suite of AI services. The company recently released a major update to Copilot on web, Android, and iOS platforms, and has now introduced a new feature called Copilot GPTs. This feature allows users to access recipes, plan vacations, create workout routines, and more.

Microsoft releases Copilot GPTs

X in the post. Jordi Ribas, CVP, Design and Product Manager at Copilot and Bing, announced that the tech giant will introduce Copilot GPTs at Microsoft Copilot. These GPTs allow users to complete a variety of tasks, such as creating templates, planning their next vacation, learning how to cook a new recipe, or creating a custom workout plan.

“GPTs utilize contextual instructions in the prompt and domain information as part of the grounding information (RAG),” Ribas added.

Interacting with the post, one X user asked Microsoft’s CVP if the company had any plans to introduce a GPT Builder that would allow users to build their own GPTs according to their own requirements. In response to a question, Ribas said that Microsoft’s GPT Builder is already available as part of a controlled trial with a subset of users. It will be released to a wider audience soon. This feature already exists in Copilot’s competing AI chatbot, ChatGPT.

The announcement of this feature doesn’t come on the same day that it was revealed that you can now set Microsoft Copilot as your default assistant app on Android.

Microsoft Copilot on Android

Android Central contributor Mishaal Rahmaan revealed in an X post that version 27.9.420225014 of the Microsoft Copilot app allows users to set it as the default assistant app on Android smartphones. The move says users can access Copilot the same way they would invoke Google Assistant — by long-pressing the power button or swiping diagonally across the screen. This feature is currently only available in the beta version of Microsoft Copilot.