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Microsoft Abandons Personal AI Chatbot Race with Copilot Reboot
Microsoft is retreating from consumer AI agents and consolidating around enterprise Copilot. This is a real loss of confidence in the personal AI market and a sign that chat-first consumer products are harder to monetize than initially assumed. For builders in enterprise AI: this validates the B2B-first approach and suggests OpenAI's consumer play is also at risk. Watch Copilot's next positioning closely.