Skift Take

Few of these features seem to have been designed with travel front-of-mind, except for the corporate booking tool — that's getting close to what travelers are asking for.

Justin Dawes

Microsoft’s announcement Thursday of new tools powered by generative AI included several examples relevant to travelers. 

The company said it is integrating the Copilot generative AI chatbot assistant across its suite of products. The meeting was held in person Thursday morning and streamed online later in the day.  

Microsoft will begin to roll out updates to Windows 11 starting September 26, and the other products will see updates later this fall. 

Microsoft was an early investor in OpenAI, so Microsoft has exclusive access to the company whose tech powers ChatGPT.

Windows 11: Make Travel Plans 

Copilot in Windows 11 will take the form of a chatbot window on the right side of the computer screen, according to the announcement video, and acts as a sort of overlay meant to better connect programs across different devices and make certain processes more efficient.

Carmen Zlateff, vice president of Microsoft Windows, shared the travel-related detai