Microsoft has somehow managed to have another Cortana moment. Despite its AI assistant, Copilot, being built into Windows machines and compatible with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem that millions of people are stuck with, it simply cannot get people to love the in-house option. According to a new report, ChatGPT has managed to rack up about 10 times the downloads that Microsoft’s Copilot has received.
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Wild idea: if you are doing stuff with the MS suite you can already do that stuff and irritating tools you didn’t ask for (fuck off Clippy!) are just interruptions. ChatGPT is for people who cant do the things and want to role play it.
Ed Zitron is joined in studio by actor, writer and producer Brian Koppelman, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low and comedian Mike Drucker to talk about the current state of the tech industry, what AI can actually do, and what the tech industry looks like in the next year.
King games were always cited as the utter sleaziest dark patten arseholes back in the day.
Obviously a good corporate fit for Microsoft.
Yeah, this is going to work out nicely. What’s not to like?
That is… maybe the least surprising thing I’ve read in a while. So, basically, functioning as intended.
Welp, I was looking forward to seeing this, but now I’m not sure I want to… 
