New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Microsoft is moving to calm privacy worries about Gaming Copilot, the AI helper rolling out inside the Windows 11 Game Bar. After posts on forums and social platforms suggested the tool might monitor gameplay at all times, the company says Gaming Copilot engages only when players actively invoke it. Its screenshot analysis is used to understand what is on the screen and it is not used to train AI models.

The clarification arrives a few weeks into the public beta. Copilot appears as an overlay in Game Bar and offers tips, quest pointers, achievement help and quick answers without forcing a tab out of the match. Microsoft frames the feature as a coach on call. When you do not summon it, the Copilot remains idle. When ...