I don't even allow Google Assistant on my Android smartphone. So, I will never allow a Microsoft version of Hal 9000.
Microsoft needn't concern too much about that. I'm sure users already do a great deal of talking to their PC every time something goes wonkers. Now on the other hand they have surely already prepped that colorful foundation in it now for users to dictate using a combo of Ai and passing on duties to Co-Pilot while they measure on their end the content and what have you. We're right back to Windows 98 again with speech recognition and Power Toys little animated assistant bots. Except that this one has more potential and gets reviewed on their end etc. Some things never change.
Speech-controlled computers? OMG, I just flashed back to this for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWhugUmV5U
No Microsoft, I do not want your 'Awesome Ingrate', aka AI, chirping out suggestions or chatting with me while I work. My family use MS ... making me their local techie. I can only imagine them calling me to tell me that the computer told them to do something and they did it.
Not that I like the idea or that Microsoft is pushing more AI on Windows, but wasn't there a time when we watched Star Trek and thought it was cool they could talk to the computer? Of course, we could note that the computer didn't fly the ship, it still relied on the crew...
How long is a piece of string? We are at the nursery stage of AI and as such there is much to learn. We now see daily advancements and improvements in the tech - perhaps not always to our benefit. As to your post, it never ends. The genie is out of the bottle...
