Microsoft’s general manager of AI, Mustafa Suleiman, believes that within the next five years, everyone will have an AI personal assistant. He said that people will develop a close relationship with their companion, making it feel like they live next door.
Microsoft’s general manager of AI, Mustafa Suleiman, believes that within the next five years, everyone will have an AI personal assistant. He said that people will develop a close relationship with their companion, making it feel like they live next door.
«I think that in five years, everyone will have their own AI companion who knows them so intimately and personally that they will start living with them. It will see what you see, hear what you hear, understand your context, your preferences, your motivations, and be, as always, an assistant or friend who will help you overcome life’s great challenges,» Suleiman shared his thoughts.
Windows Central notes that this isn’t the first time he’s talked about AI becoming more than just a helper. In 2024, the executive noted that AI-powered chatbots could evolve into friends.
«I think this is a new era, and we have to embrace it. We will start trusting our AI-based companions with a lot of very important information and very important tasks in our lives,» Mustafa Suleiman said.
During Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration, the head of AI directly noted that the technology has already undergone significant changes. The company’s development has received new features and improvements, including Copilot Avatar, which provides an AI shell like a real virtual assistant, Copilot Vision, as well as the ability to search and remember information.
