Microsoft has announced an update to Copilot, the company’s all-in-one AI assistant. “Wave 2,” as Microsoft calls it, is a series of updates that gives Copilot more capabilities within popular Office applications, Copilot agents for businesses, and even a new feature called Copilot Pages.
Let’s start with Pages first. Microsoft calls it a “dynamic, persistent canvas” that’s designed for “multiplayer” collaboration, built right into Copilot. Microsoft has been busy integrating Copilot into most every application imaginable, but think of Pages as a way of allowing you to get more done without having to ever leave Copilot itself.
It’s a quick and convenient place to pull stuff out of Copilot and save it somewhere that’s easily accessible. More than that, collaborators can easily jump in and contribute to that same Page. In some ways it feels duplicative of what you can do elsewhere, but for Microsoft, it’s a way of enticing people to spend more …