AI Tool Guides
Best for
Quick answers inside Microsoft apps
Works on
Browser, Edge, Windows, Microsoft 365
Alternatives
ChatGPT, Gemini
Watch out
Results quality varies by version; check which model is active
What It Does
Microsoft's AI assistant, powered by OpenAI models and grounded in Bing web search. The free tier handles chat, image generation via DALL-E, and web-sourced answers with citations; Copilot Pro adds priority access to GPT-4o and integration with Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Setup in 5 Minutes
in any browser.
- You can start chatting immediately without signing in, but click
Sign in with a Microsoft account to save conversation
history.
- If you do not have a Microsoft account, click Create one
and follow the registration flow with your email address.
- Choose a conversation style—Creative, Balanced,
or Precise—using the toggle above the text box.
- Type your prompt and press Enter. Copilot returns an answer with
numbered source links you can click to verify.
Try This
Ask Copilot "Find three recent news stories about AI regulation
in the EU and summarise each in one sentence with a source link."
Check whether the links actually lead where Copilot says they do.
Follow Along
Follow Along — Fact-Check a News Article.
).
- Paste it into Copilot and ask: "Find the original source for this claim. Who published it, when, and what exactly did they say?"
- Click each source link Copilot provides and check whether the page exists and matches the summary.
- Ask: "What context is missing from this headline? Are there credible counter-arguments?"
- Write a two-sentence verdict: is the headline accurate, misleading, or somewhere in between?
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