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Microsofts year has been clearly dominated by one major topic and thats AI.

It was no surprise when Microsoft subsequently launched its Bing AI in February with that artificial intelligence built aroundChatGPT.

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Basically, using it as a major carrot, a huge new feature, to tempt folks.

And Copilot, well you couldnt get a more major change.

As November rolled to a close, Microsoftalmostmade another big move on the AI front.

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Windows 11: Cleared for AI take-off

So what went down with Microsofts desktop OS this year?

We also saw further efforts to constantly push Edge on Windows users, too (a familiar story).

Windows 11 users in the US or other regions wont get the benefit, which seems very unfair.

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Not a great foot to get off on.

and leaves folks reaching for the off switch.

Is there any real danger of that happening, though?

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