Microsoft unveils a Copilot keyboard key, shipping in new PCs and laptops from its partners, the first major change to the PC keyboard layout in nearly 30 years
adds dedicated AI Copilot key to all future PCs Lily Polanco / New.blicio.us : Windows PCs Get Dedicated AI Key as Microsoft Bakes Copilot into Hardware Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat : Microsoft adds Copilot key to Windows 11 Anton Shilov / AnandTech : Microsoft Swaps Menu Key For Copilot AI Key on Windows Keyboards, Directs OEMs To Do The Same Mauro Huculak / Pureinfotech : Microsoft adds new Copilot AI key to Windows keyboards Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Microsoft is adding a new button to PC keyboards for the first time in almost 30 years (and it's for AI) Stephanie Siek / Marketplace : Microsoft is adding a dedicated AI key to its keyboards Todd Bishop / GeekWire : Windows 11 devices will get new ‘Copilot’ AI key — biggest change to keyboards in nearly 30 years Taylor Lyles / IGN : Microsoft Announces First New Key for Windows Keyboards In 30 Years Oliver Haslam / Pocket-lint : A new Microsoft Copilot AI key will ship on Windows 11 laptops now Ali Azhar / Datanami : Microsoft's New AI Button Marks First Windows Keyboard Addition in Three Decades Jonathan Lamont / MobileSyrup : New Windows PCs will have a Copilot key John Quintet / iPhone in Canada Blog : Microsoft Copilot Key Coming to Windows PC Keyboards Mark Haranas / CRN : Microsoft's New Copilot Key For Windows Will Launch AI Chatbot Monica J. White / Digital Trends : For the first time in 30 years, your keyboard is about to be changed Brian Fagioli / BetaNews : Microsoft's ‘Copilot Key’ for Windows 11 devices — a misstep in keyboard evolution or a privacy nightmare? Claudiu Andone / Windows Report : Microsoft's new Copilot key marks 2024 as the year of AI computing Sareena Dayaram / CNET : Microsoft's New AI Key Marks First Windows Keyboard Addition in 30 Years Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : Microsoft to Add a Dedicated Copilot Key to Laptop Keyboards Matthew Wilson / KitGuru : New Windows 11 laptops will ship with a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Microsoft shakes up keyboard layout with new AI Copilot key Colin Ryan / Silicon Republic : Microsoft reveals new Copilot key for Windows keyboards Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware : Windows 11 PCs to come with a Copilot key as Microsoft pushes forward with AI Aaron Holmes / The Information : Microsoft Adds Copilot Key to Windows Keyboards for Summoning AI Assistant Dylan Horetski / Dexerto : New Windows 11 PCs must have dedicated Copilot AI button according to Microsoft AleksandarK / TechPowerUp : Microsoft Copilot Becomes a Dedicated Key on Windows-Powered PC Keyboards Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Microsoft is adding a dedicated Copilot key to Windows keyboards Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Microsoft adding dedicated Copilot key to Windows keyboards [Video] Chris Smith / BGR : Microsoft just changed the Windows keyboard for the first time in three decades Martin Brinkmann / Ghacks : Your next PC may have a Windows Copilot key on the keyboard Darren Allan / TweakTown : Microsoft says dedicated Copilot key is most ‘significant change’ to keyboard since Windows key Michelle Ehrhardt / The Messenger : Windows Keyboards Will Get a Button Dedicated to Summoning an AI Richard Speed / The Register : Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key - but how quickly will users jump? Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Microsoft Announces Copilot Key: A New Era for PC Interaction PYMNTS.com : Microsoft Adds Copilot to Keyboards in ‘Year of the AI PC’ Livemint : The Copilot AI Key: Windows PC keyboard is going through it's first significant change in 3 decades Abdullah / Gizchina : Microsoft Introduces the Copilot Key for Smarter Computing Rael Hornby / Laptop Mag : Microsoft to add Copilot AI key to Windows keyboards Daryl Baxter / iMore : Remember the Siri key on your Mac's keyboard? Microsoft is adding a Copilot key to its Windows PCs — heralding 2024 as ‘the year of the AI PC’ Vlad Savov / Bloomberg : Microsoft Adds AI Key in First Change to PC Keyboard in Decades Thom Holwerda / OSnews : Microsoft and Windows OEMs to put dedicated “AI” Copilot key on keyboards Robert Hart / Forbes : Microsoft Adds New AI Assistant Button To Windows Keyboard Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : “The era of the AI PC” begins “today” with a new Copilot button on PC keyboards, Microsoft says Samson Akintaro / Nairametrics : Microsoft set to add Copilot AI key to PC keyboards Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Microsoft Copilot keyboard keys are coming to Windows 11 PCs at CES 2024 Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Microsoft pushes for Copilot with a new dedicated keyboard key Mark Hachman / PCWorld : A ‘Copilot’ key is coming to your PC's keyboard Matt O'brien / Tech Xplore : Microsoft's new AI key is first big change to keyboards in decades Laurent Giret / Thurrott : New Windows 11 PCs Will Soon Come With Dedicated Copilot Key Siddharth Jindal / Analytics India Magazine : After 30 Years, Windows Keyboard Gets a Copilot Upgrade Alex Wawro / Tom's Guide : Windows Copilot is getting its own key on the keyboard — here's why that's a big deal Matthew Gooding / Tech Monitor : Microsoft says your Windows 11 keyboard will feature a Copilot AI key Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet : Microsoft is making its biggest change to Windows keyboards in decades João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers : Windows 11 laptops will have a Copilot key, because of course they will Jordan Novet / CNBC : Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month Mastodon: Pavel A. Samsonov / @PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social : Microsoft's Copilot button is a shining example of the form factor trap. — Who remembers when Siri came out and voice assistants were the future of computing? Samsung built a physical Bixby key into their phones (and went through massive pains to prevent users from disabling it). … Charlie Stross / @cstross@wandering.shop : NO FUCK OFF GET AWAY FROM ME YOU CREEP— https://arstechnica.com/... Nicolai Brodersen Hansen / @nbhansen@hci.social : sweet brother of god, nobody, and I repeat nobody, wants this at all https://arstechnica.com/... Ariel Richtman / @arichtman@eigenmagic.net : I can't... It's real y'all — https://blogs.windows.com/... Colin / @abstractcode@eigenmagic.net : I'm sure this will in no way prove to be an embarrassing short sighted marketing driven clusterfuck of a decision https://arstechnica.com/... Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : The Windows key is useful not just because it can open the Start menu, but because you can use it as part of a key combo for shortcuts to Windows features and functions. If the Copilot key is going to stick around, Microsoft better have plans for it do more than just launch Copilot. [embedded post] X: Paul Thurrott / @thurrott : Microsoft's new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years" So, not the Office key then? How quickly we forget our history. @windows : Windows 11 is taking a giant leap into the world of AI. The Copilot key is your gateway to a more intelligent PC. Learn more: https://blogs.windows.com/... Jordan Novet / @jordannovet : new: Microsoft says certain new Windows PCs will include a Copilot key on their keyboards. it will appear on PCs that will become available as soon as this month. it will show up on Surface PCs as well as PCs from OEMs https://www.cnbc.com/... Brad Sams / @bdsams : Microsoft is going to make OEMs put a Copilot hardware key on your next laptop..which means: - Microsoft will stop rebranding its AI apps - The new Windows AI release is coming this year - If this doesnt work out, all these devices will look dated very quickly [image] Sean Endicott / @sean_endicott_ : @bdsams I want a keyboard with every key that Microsoft has rolled out at one point: - Office - Cortana - Emoji - Copilot @frameworkputer : We don't plan to add the Copilot key to Framework Laptop keyboards. We'd rather give you Control. Zac Bowden / @zacbowden : I'm quite surprised at the overwhelmingly negative response this news is getting. Are people not a fan of Windows Copilot? Allie K. Miller / @alliekmiller : We're going to have to wait to see how AI is going to be truly integrated into the PC and not just slapped on with a wake button, but I like this keyboard change. **For what it's worth, I made a ChatGPT button on my stream deck and use it constantly. @vxunderground : Microsoft announces new keys will be added to keyboards for Copilot AI. Currently Windows 11 ships with Copilot and can be activated with Windows + C Microsoft has completely lost their minds https://arstechnica.com/... Rowan Cheung / @rowancheung : @alliekmiller Big fan of the button, too. Feels like a commitment signal for Microsoft to integrate AI / make it as seamlessly integrated as possible Daniel Rubino / @daniel_rubino : I actually dig this a lot. All future Windows laptops will feature a dedicated Copilot key to call up the AI. Microsoft and OEMs have a LOT of plans for this system in '24, including the next build of Windows itself. Details: https://www.windowscentral.com/ ... #Microsoft #ChatGPT Tom Warren / @tomwarren : @DevSpacePrez so this replaces the menu key. I'm curious how it shows up where laptop makers have already replaced that with a fn key though Vlad Savov / @vladsavov : @tomwarren Me to a colleague: It replaces the Menu key, which no one uses. Him: What's the Menu key? Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : @tomwarren This is hot garbage. Mark Hachman / @markhachman : Microsoft is asking laptop and peripheral makers to add a Copilot key to their keyboards. Remember when Toshiba agreed to add a Cortana key? https://www.pcworld.com/... James Titcomb / @jamestitcomb : In retrospect, the Bixby button was just ahead of its time Zac Bowden / @zacbowden : The era of the “AI PC” is upon us. Microsoft has announced a new dedicated AI Copilot keyboard button that will be required on new Windows PCs soon, as it gears up to ship a major AI update for Windows 11 this fall DETAILS: https://www.windowscentral.com/ ... #Windows11 Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : An AI key makes sense now that AI is so ubiquitous. If only they could make it easy to disable the annoying Caps Lock key hardly anyone needs anymore. On my HP Firefly I can't even get rid of it with the RegEdit sequence that used to work on all of my previous computers. Tom Warren / @tomwarren : I like how Dell put a sticker on its new XPS laptops to show what Microsoft's Copilot key will look like 🙃 https://www.theverge.com/... [image] Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft's new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years. You'll start to see the Copilot key on new laptops and Windows PCs at CES. It sits next to the right-hand alt key and launches Windows Copilot. Full details below 👇https://www.theverge.com/ ... Yusuf Mehdi / @yusuf_i_mehdi : We're excited for 2024 to be the year of the AI PC. An important first step is the introduction of a Copilot key for Windows 11 PCs, which will enable one-click access to Copilot! Learn more: https://blogs.windows.com/... [video] Gaurav B / @gauravwriting : Windows PCs will now have a dedicated Copilot key on keyboards which will directly launch Copilot when pressed. Since Windows key sits on the right, Copilot will find a home on the right. This looks like pushing AI down our throats at this point. https://blogs.windows.com/... Forums: Ericjmorey To / Beehaw : Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994