India, Oct. 1 -- Copilot Portraits is how Microsoft is bringing generative AI into graphics, with avatars making digital assistants seem almost human. It's a big step into a future of human-AI interaction that includes expression, context, and identity.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has always interacted in terms of words, in chat bubbles, voice prompts, or search-like answers. But an interaction based on words alone can feel a bit clinical. Microsoft's latest move, Copilot Portraits, is trying to change that by adding a face to the AI's interactions.

The Copilot Portraits announcement came out late last September and uses generative AI to generate dynamic digital avatars that accompany conversations with Copilot. English avatars are not...