News Xbox announces 'Copilot for Gaming' AI assistant — early access coming to Xbox mobile app, more details to come at GDC 2025

[Admin]

Xbox announces its new "Copilot for Gaming" AI assistant, which will seek to help gamers in real-time with all manner of gaming needs.

Xbox announces 'Copilot for Gaming' AI assistant — early access coming to Xbox mobile app, more details to come at GDC 2025 : Read more

 

[why_wolf]

Great now Clippy can help me write a letter in-game too. 📎

 

[Findecanor]

Again, a solution looking for a problem ... so that they can somehow justify their large investment in "AI".

 

[Notton]

At first I thought this was ridiculous, but I can see it being useful when the game doesn't explain its mechanics well.
Although, mind you, minecraft is a >10yr old game and it's just expected you know how the crafting system works by now.

 

[King_V]

Am I reading it wrong, or does it sound a little like an "official" bot for cheating?

 

[why_wolf]

At first I thought this was ridiculous, but I can see it being useful when the game doesn't explain its mechanics well.
Although, mind you, minecraft is a >10yr old game and it's just expected you know how the crafting system works by now.

Except some games are like that deliberately, Minecraft being one of them. They want players to experiment to figure out how the system works.

Honestly if a system like this actually takes off all its going to do is teach programmers to not explain how their own games work at all. Because the AI will explain it for them.

Just providing another path for lazy program design.

 

[Giroro]

Feels desperate.

 

[Giroro]

Great now Clippy can help me write a letter in-game too. 📎

It looks like you're trying to pwn some noobs. Would you like some help with that?

 

[salgado18]

At first I thought this was ridiculous, but I can see it being useful when the game doesn't explain its mechanics well.
Although, mind you, minecraft is a >10yr old game and it's just expected you know how the crafting system works by now.

I'm an early beta player, played a lot of Minecraft, but stopped over seven years ago. When I tried again, there were lots of different animals and stuff, and apparently if you kill a zombie archer underwater you can get a magic staff? That game has so many secret and untold stuff that an assistant is not undesirable.

Also, point and click games and puzzle games will benefit greatly from this.

An AI teaching you how to shave a second off your lap in a racing game, that would be great!

If only it weren't being made by Microsoft... 🙁

 

[hotaru251]

can't wait for mods to disable any co pilot in games :|

 

[NinoPino]

After microtransactions, neverending updates, games released in beta state, game as a service, the need to be always online and in-game advertising, this remove another piece of fun from gaming.
What a sad moment for videogames.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Prediction - The #1 thing asked of this AI will be "How do I permanently delete you?"

 

[cknobman]

Again, a solution looking for a problem ... so that they can somehow justify their large investment in "AI".

Bingo.
My job is doing the same thing.
Our reviews and merit increases are directly tied to how we can prove we used AI in our everyday work.

So stupid.

 

[atomicWAR]

The only AI improvements I want in games are from NPCs and enemies. Everything else can go forth and multiply. So no thanks... MS stop adding things to Xbox your player base doesn't want. Its no wonder your consoles sales are falling off a cliff, again. Bring back the XB360 days where you gave games what we wanted, good games, easy online experience and a reasonable price.