Xbox Copilot is being scrapped

The Xbox Gaming Copilot is being discontinued. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on X that the Xbox Copilot no longer fits the new strategic direction. The Copilot for the mobile Xbox app will also not be further developed, according to the post.

Microsoft announced its Gaming Copilot last spring and tested it as a beta. The primary goal of the AI application was to answer players' questions about video games. The Xbox Copilot was intended, among other things, to recognize titles already played and make recommendations for new games based on that.

In addition, the Copilot was supposed to be able to answer questions about individual games – for example, what materials are needed to build a sword in “Minecraft” or how to defeat a boss. These are things that could also be found with a normal Google search. The Gaming Copilot, on the other hand, had the advantage of being able to be addressed during gameplay, meaning you didn't have to pull out your phone simultaneously.

Xbox without AI Slop

The Copilot for Gaming doesn't seem to have generated much interest. Why the AI tool no longer fits Microsoft's strategy is unclear and not evident from Sharma's post. In the community, the discontinuation is even partially considered a positive signal: Firstly, many gamers are not keen on AI features in their games; secondly, it dispels the fear that new CEO Sharma would turn Xbox into an AI platform. Before taking office, Sharma worked in Microsoft's CoreAI department. However, from the outset, she promised to shape Xbox without AI slop.

Microsoft is not the only gaming company working or that has worked on AI assistants for video games. Nvidia is developing a tool with Project G-Assist that can primarily answer questions about graphics settings. Project G-Assist can also read the screen content and answer specific questions about it. A concrete application was shown in the strategy game “Total War: Pharaoh”.

(dahe)