Telegram Users Rejoice: Copilot AI Assistant Launches on Platform, Here's How It Functions
Microsoft is ready to fight the meta AI with its own Copilot chatbot, which is now moving to one of the popular messaging apps, Telegram. The company basically introduced an official copilot bot for Telegram users that can perform basic AI tasks like answering questions, summarizing articles and documents that can be boring and even generate code for various computer languages. Most of the functions offered by Copilot on Telegram are text-based, so you can’t use the AI chatbot to create images with prompts, at least for the time being.
Copilot AI in Telegram: How to get started
So, how can you enable Microsoft AI chatbot in messaging app and what you need to do to get started with the bot for your tasks. First, find the Microsoft Copilot bot in Telegram and make sure you click on the correct version with the blue badge next to its icon. Now, the messaging app will ask for your mobile number to verify the user and maybe to make sure the user is not a bot himself. We’re not sure if this process is really necessary, especially since Telegram claims to be a privacy-focused messaging app, and the person using the bot through the platform signed up using their number in the first place.
Once the messaging app verifies the number, it will share a list of tips that can help you use the Copilot chatbot. Here is a list of things that Copilot currently offers on Telegram for users:
– Answer questions
– Creative writing
– Code generation
– Translations
– Summary
– Mathematics and Equations
– Recommendations and more
Copilot on Telegram is free so Microsoft has set a daily limit of 30-turn exchanges that involve back-and-forth messaging interactions between the user and the bot.
More AI chatbots are coming to messages
Microsoft isn’t the first to bring its AI chatbot to a messaging app. Meta already did this earlier this year with its own chatbot for WhatsApp and Instagram users. Some features are still in beta but you can use the AI chatbot on WhatsApp to generate AI images and soon, it will support AI images for profile photos as well. Similarly, Google is moving its Gemini AI chatbot to the native Messages app that comes pre-loaded on most Android phones but is used selectively by people. Microsoft clearly understands the need to tap into more platforms to bring its AI push and Copilot to PC, and mobile is one thing, but baking it into a popular messaging app could expand the bot’s reach further and faster.
