The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that computer keyboards are making room for an artificial-intelligence chatbot button as Microsoft unveils its first major keyboard redesign in three decades. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe reports that starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft's Windows operating system will have a special "Copilot key" that launches the software giant's AI chatbot. Getting third party computer manufacturers to add an AI button to laptops is the latest move by Microsoft to capitalize on its close partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI and make itself a gateway for applications of generative AI technology. Although most people now connect to the Internet by phone rather than computer, it is a symbolic kickoff to what is expected to be a competitive year as tech companies race to outdo each other in AI applications even as they have not yet resolved all the ethical and legal ramifications. The keyboard redesign will be Microsoft's biggest change to PC keyboards since it introduced a special Windows key in the 1990s. Microsoft's four-squared logo design has evolved, but the key has been a fixture on Windows-oriented keyboards for about three decades.