Microsoft merges Copilot apps and cuts several underperforming AI features

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Microsoft is streamlining its Copilot AI offering by consolidating its separate consumer and business applications into a single unified app. The company is simultaneously discontinuing several features that failed to gain traction with users. Among the features being cut are AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, and Deep Research functionality. The virtual character Mico is also being removed as part of the cleanup. The move signals Microsoft's effort to focus its AI strategy on features that deliver clearer value to users.

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