Microsoft's shift to Bing Chat from its first-gen assistant Cortana may be later mirrored by other Big Tech companies.

Cortana, once a flagship feature of Windows phones, is slowly being shut down Cortana will remain in Teams and Outlook, for now, but is going away in Windows.

Microsoft has just about killed Cortana on Windows as it makes the switch to generative AI in the voice assistant's place.

Microsoft has officially begun killing off Cortana as the company moves its focus towards integrating ChatGPT and AI into Windows 11.

Microsoft says the Cortana, Tips, and WordPad applications will be automatically removed on systems upgraded to the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 release.