Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion (opens in new tab)

(blogs.microsoft.com)

73 pointsbenryon2y ago21 comments

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oakpond2y ago· 5 in thread

Installing Firefox has never been easier.

I'm not sure what you're envisioning, but I'm expecting that to be a full-blown argument with a chatbot aligned specifically to prevent you from not using Edge.

aaomidi2y ago

And equally as likely, a chat bot from Microsoft telling you not to use Microsoft products :))

dmonitor2y ago

I wish installing Linux was easier. I can manage it, but I still have to sacrifice Discord* and VR, which I use a lot.

*Discord kinda works, but the screen sharing has no audio. There’s a hacked flatpak to fix this, but I’ve yet to get the font rendering to look quite right with it.

gymbeaux2y ago

Linux isn’t quite “there” yet but it gets closer and closer as time goes on. In the last year, Easy Anti-Cheat came to Linux and now we are able to play many multiplayer AAA titles. In my experience the games run as well as PC, though there were “classic Linux” hiccups depending on the distro I was using with Steam/Proton runtime.

ratg132y ago

It doesn't appear you clicked the article.

Microsoft Copilot is a full application, not a web browser.

In this case you can choose not to open the application, that is always an option.

Nobody is forcing you to use these tools.

CoreyFieldens2y ago· 4 in thread

"As we continue to take a responsible approach to generative AI, we’re adding new Content Credentials which uses cryptographic methods to add an invisible digital watermark to all AI-generated images in Bing – including time and date it was originally created. We will also bring support for Content Credentials to Paint and Microsoft Designer."

This is really interesting to me. I've heard discussions about doing this, but is this the first time we're actually seeing it implemented in image software?

rjh292y ago

How robust is this watermark? I assume resizing and cropping won't remove it, but perhaps getting an AI to redraw it or shrinking and AI upscaling would.

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rightbyte2y ago

It has been around for a while.

https://www.openstego.com/

FrostKiwi2y ago

Classic steganography usually doesn't survive resizing, and is easily scrambled. It can't be just that, or it would be a very weak solution.

threesevenths2y ago

Content credentials are also included in images touched by Adobe Firefly. Hopefully they are interoperable implementations and can read each others’ watermarks.

iamsanteri2y ago· 3 in thread

Bye bye Cortana...

rickstanley2y ago

Cortana deserved better, both in the games and this MS ecosystem.

"Bye bye" indeed...

desi_ninja2y ago

Copilot should be called The weapon to be consistent with Halo lore

umeshunni2y ago

I'm glad they killed the Cortana branding.

apricot2y ago

The marketing division of the Microsoft software corporation defines a Large Language Model as "Your virtual pal who's fun to be with."

thibautg2y ago

It's funny that their blog uses good old WordPress and YouTube for videos.

Anyway, it seems creepy, I hope we can opt out. I fear that in the future most of the bullshit content from companies will be generated by AI. And then we'll need another AI to summarise it.

ikekkdcjkfke2y ago

I wonder what kind of crunch time is going on at Microsoft, and also Google with Bard

hulitu2y ago

>Copilot in Windows (in preview) empowers you to create faster, complete tasks with ease and lessens your cognitive load – making once complicated tasks, simple.

Oh, so Copilot is a task scheduler ? I thought that is a search engine for code.

mahastore2y ago

It just seems to be some specific features being added to different products like remove background to MS Paint. And of course hooks to image and content generation AI engine.

surfingdino2y ago

Paint and Microsoft Designer? What are they?

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