By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-05-02 04:02:00
Summary
- Microsoft retreats from broad Copilot push, removing buttons and relabeling Notepad tools.
- Windows focus shifts to core OS: quieter updates, faster File Explorer, easier Insider opt-ins.
- AI stays, but only where it helps – fewer, more curated Copilot experiences are planned.
Microsoft has a user faith crisis on its hands, and it knows it. It spent the better part of 2025 trying to convince the Windows userbase to adopt Copilot across the operating system, including adding the AI assistant to as many Windows applications as it could. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its users weren’t so keen on having Copilot in Notepad for whatever…
