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Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Guidy@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

The problem isn’t co-pilot. Co-pilot is reasonably useful if you’re careful.

The problem is that it will almost certainly cost extra.

And that’s fucking terrible.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 15 points 14 hours ago

The problem is absolutely copilot. Microsoft is basically force installing spyware.