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The recent trend of #AI certified computer hardware seemed silly at first. But, courtesy of an under-powered work laptop, I think I get it now.

I've been using #copilot to help write macros for #Excel tools at work.

It always starts off great. But as the 'conversation' goes on, copilot gets slower and slower. It reaches a point where it often just stops spitting out the full VBA code to me.

It says it's going to give me the code, starts generating it, but then it just... stops.

It's "the year of AI agents". Also, 2025 is yet another year when M365 Copilot cannot yet turn an email into a calendar entry inside Outlook.

Sorry, that was too harsh. It CAN do that -after these 10 steps that I went through. Which included lots of failures and gashlighting, LLM style.

Why everyone isn't paying $30pupm for #Microsoft365 #Copilot at this point yet is a real mystery.😁

Longer thread on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l

#Microsoft is testing a new experimental #Copilot Mode in #Edge, allowing Copilot to #search across open tabs, handle #tasks like booking restaurants, and appear in the address bar. The mode, which can be disabled, is free for a limited time with usage limits. theverge.com/news/714435/micro #tech #media #news

The new Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge
The Verge · Microsoft Edge transforms into an AI browser with new Copilot ModeBy Tom Warren

It may be unfashionable but I really like using #copilot for coding. I ask it to explain what a section of code does and it always tells me what a great question I’ve asked, and sounds impressed! Then I don’t feel like an idiot but an exceptional scholar. If only there was a lesson here for teaching more widely #bioinformatics

This is really wild: Microsoft is pushing more and more #spyware features into everyday products to steal all of your data:

"#Copilot #Vision is an extension of Microsoft's divisive Recall [...] is designed to analyze everything you do on your computer [...] by capturing constant screenshots and feeding them to an optical character recognition system and a large language model for analysis – but where #Recall works locally, #CopilotVision sends the data off to #Microsoft servers." 🕵️

theregister.com/2024/05/28/mic

I would never ever trust a Windows system not to send out anything I do.

The Register · Microsoft's Recall preview doesn't need a Copilot+ PC to runBy Richard Speed

Microsoft testa una nuova modalità Copilot in Edge. 🚀 Permette a Copilot di cercare tra le schede aperte per compiti come prenotare ristoranti o confrontare hotel. L'IA arriva sulla pagina di new tab. Un'integrazione tra Gemini e Comet. #MicrosoftEdge #Copilot #AI