Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice

@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-05 12:33

Are you not entertained?!

@PlantJam@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 12:51

A salesman for an AI consulting company made the comment that we don’t expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI? He was smug about it, too, like it was his big gotcha. Joke’s on him, I’m the one that talked the bosses out of spending money with them.

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@Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2026-04-05 12:51

for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard Reminds me of these Autopiloting cars. They, do it all by themselves, fully and autonomously and are pushed so hard as well, but you may not rely on them, never take them for serious.

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@kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-05 12:58

Just like Fox news

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@lath@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 13:06

Trillion dollar investments, dishing out private nuclear power plants, redistributing water allocation nationwide, using it in every level of every structure of society and it’s just for entertainment. Anyone tell the politicians they bent over like hand worn muppets for a gag or do you think they already know and simply enjoy being treated for the fools that they are?

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@CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 13:08

In other words: Snake oil salesman back paddles after the ice he‘s standing on got very thin.

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@Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-04-05 13:31

Proposed revision: Do not use Copilot for business purposes.

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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 05:19

they probably had Copilot write the new TOS that included this line and since nobody who uses AI reads the final output, nobody caught it. they never expected consumers to actually read the TOS.

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@melfie@lemmy.zip 2026-04-05 23:15

I can see where an AI that fucks everything up all the time might be entertaining like a good slapstick comedy, but nah, Resident Evil Requiem is sufficient entertainment for now.

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@rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-04-07 03:04

I do a few things at work that I use AI for. Work had a gpt enterprise key, now we’ve moved to claude. Through O365, I also have access to copilot. Pretty much anything I ask claude or gpt about, I can be sure to get a solid answer or one that was at least on Stack Exchange or Reddit. If that fails, and I drill down a little more on a problem, adding details, they’ll both get a little better after a couple of questions and usually come up with a reasonable answer. Not copilot. If you ask copilot something and it doesn’t come back in one shot with an authoritative cited answer, just walk away. It makes no attempt to ensure the answer is right or sane. It either hit in training or it didn’t. And if it didn’t, trying to convince it to strike out in a few other directions to solve it is absolutely a fool’s errand. It’s like they bought into OpenAI, then never got any updates or made any progress. I

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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-04-07 03:53

this is hilarious because copilot is what they’ve been pushing at work, hard. now I can just ask them if they’re joking when they drop slop on me.

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@01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2026-04-07 02:38

(to Microsoft) So, you won’t be using your ai for vibecoding your updates anymore, right? …Right? …checking Microsoft’s status page… User impact: A subset of admins in North America may be unable to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. Current status: We confirmed that an issue in a recent update introduced errors in the code path that facilitates calls to the Microsoft 365 admin center when encountered by admins, which resulted in their inability to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. I guess Microsoft didn’t get the memo they released, then…

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@HollowedFleshwalker@lemmy.world 2026-04-07 11:16

Queue the circus music 🤡🎪

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@Strider@lemmy.world 2026-04-07 11:47

I want to get off Mr. Bones Wild Ride.

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@bpinyon@lemmy.zip 2026-04-05 14:05

Then why are they promoting it, in a pizza ad, as letting CoPilot handle the spreadsheets. Do they not trust their own product!?

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@andallthat@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 14:57

If it works, it's thanks to us. If it doesn't, it's your fault.

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@falynns@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:07

Ah, the famous "Fox News" defense of claiming you're an entertainment medium but you should totally trust it.

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@kokesh@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 16:58

For entertainment in Excel...

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@9point6@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 15:04

Yes, that's why it's in Office

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@JordanZ@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:16

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@themurphy@lemmy.ml 2026-04-05 13:03

It's almost like it's only a data harvesting tool. Why tf should they implement it everywhere for free?

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@InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:16

Surprise twist: I don’t and won’t rely on it for jack shit

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@nosuchanon@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 06:55

Theo whole OS is garbage. Used to be at least functional, now it’s an ad infested AI slop fest.

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@BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:32

Oh lord, I might get fired for doing this, but I smell a company-wide email about Copilot Monday morning.

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@PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 08:42

Someone finally listend to their lawyers

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@inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 01:06

Meanwhile, watching the NCAA game yesterday I watched multiple commercials from Microsoft stating copilot as something to use in your daily work place and work flow. And I didn't see any disclaimer that AI was for entertaining purposes only and that they weren't liable for killing your business.

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@Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:01

That's complete and utter bullshit. Either stand behind your product or don't ship it universally. Pick a lane. Either it's worth using it or isn't, so which is it? This wishy washy bullshit paints a picture of an embarrassingly inept organization, is that really what you're trying to project Microsoft?

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@Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 17:40

Then how come my company just roll this shit out for work? Allstate just walk us through how us co pilot to type our emails. And to use it for note taking.

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@BouteilleBrune@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 01:56

Where I live, high ranking bank employees are required to use it for serious use and important advice. Twist the reality all you want, copilot manages my whole life.

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@bender223@lemmy.today 2026-04-05 21:25

then y the fuck is it prominently showing on the front page of office.com?!

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@fogetaboutit@programming.dev 2026-04-06 00:56

fuck you mean, youre pushing ai as if its usable on every corner of the OS, and NOW you announced it to be unreliable?

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@GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2026-04-05 22:00

First entertainment purposes only is corporate language for gives the wrong answers and don't want to lose the lawsuit if we tell people to trust it. Just like Fox News.

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@SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2026-04-05 21:33

No worried, I don't have that junk on my Linux system anyways.

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@TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 2026-04-05 19:53

Hmm, this thing is on my work laptop…

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@Lumisal@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 18:48

So it's Microslop's Rule 34?

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@AppropriateLynx457@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-05 22:50

The name MSN Copilot makes sense.