AI Glossary
AI Copilot
What is AI Copilot?
An AI assistant embedded into a professional tool or workflow that provides real-time suggestions, completions, or automation while the user remains in control. Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot are the most widely adopted examples. The term emphasises human direction — the AI assists rather than acts independently.
Example in practice
A software developer using GitHub Copilot to complete function signatures and suggest test cases as they type is working alongside an AI copilot that accelerates output without removing human judgement from the process.