Microsoft's Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/28/1823233/microsofts-copilot-ai-is-now-inside-samsung-tvs-and-monitors
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/767078/microsoft-samsung-tv-copilot-ai-assistant-launch
> Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant is [1]officially coming to TVs , starting with Samsung's 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions.
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> On TV, Copilot takes on a "friendly, animated presence" that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance Microsoft showed off last month, though in a color that makes it look more like a personified chickpea. The beige blob will float and bounce around your screen, while its mouth moves in line with its responses.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/767078/microsoft-samsung-tv-copilot-ai-assistant-launch
I'm Back! Clippy in HD (Score:3)
"On TV, Copilot takes on a "friendly, animated presence" that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance"
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Clippy is the first thing that came to mind for me. Yeah, no thanks.
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"It looks like you're trying to watch porn. Would you like help?"
Re:I'm Back! Clippy in HD (Score:5, Funny)
"Sure, lend a hand."
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Anyone remember Microsoft BOB?
Did someone get the memo a little too hard? (Score:2)
I realize that 'generative' is all the rage; but did nobody at Redmond HQ have the nerve to speak up and say "perhaps less like a blob of semen..." before that design went out?
Re: Did someone get the memo a little too hard? (Score:2)
"... and when I saw the blob of... em... mayonnaise, 'cos that what was on my shoe, I thought it was perfect for..."
Enshittification continues (Score:1)
Samsung gear is already absolute garbage, ridden with "smart" features, requiring internet connectivity, so an AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv.
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Sure "absolute garbage", you sound like an expert. And "ridden" with smart features, you're highly literate too.
"AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv."
No one wants an AI assistant, but if they did a TV would likely be the first place they'd want it. No one appears to want a PC in the home anymore.
Fine... (Score:3)
So long as it can be easily disabled.
Gaming monitor sales increase? (Score:2)
I find dumb gaming monitors make the best TVs now that actual TV come pre-enshitified. Just give me a HDMI input with no motion processor or other crap to ruin the image I give it.
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Given that the largest gaming monitors are smaller than the smallest interesting TVs, "I find dumb gaming monitors make the" worst TVs.
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[1]Bullshit. [techradar.com] Do they not have Google on your planet?
[1] https://www.techradar.com/pro/largest-computer-monitors
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Weird, not sure what back water country you live in but here in New Zealand I use a 55" Philips monitor (558M1RY/75 55" 4K / 120Hz Gaming Monitor, HDR1000, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro) I brought 4 years ago. There are bigger one, but 55" was the best fit for what I needed. Being dumb it has been free of an OS and Internet connection so it has suffered from none of the enshitification upgrades that other media devices of that age have suffered.
Paperclip? (Score:2)
Can we change it to a paperclip?!
Which leads to the obvious question (Score:3)
Can it be disabled? And if so, how easily?
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Don't connect your TV to the internet by logging it into your wifi.
BigBrotherGPT is watching you (Score:1)
You'll grow to love him, trust me.
Louis Rossman was right (Score:1)
Remember clippy? He didn't want to mine your data. He didn't want to optimize advertising to be able to better exploit your personality flaws. He just wanted to get you to do the task better. He was bad at it, but his intention was good.
Microsoft went from that, to this.
Oh (Score:3)
Fuck no. I would go without a large screen rather than use anything with AI bullshit baked in. This is why pirating is making a comeback. People simply want to avoid all this tech bro spyware bullshit. Torrent ... NAS ... KODI ... HTPC ... big screen monitor (not TV). For the win.
Note to self (Score:2)
Never buy a Samsung tv.
cool, if true (Score:2)
But lets be real, copilot is not -in- the TV. Its in the cloud.
"I watch TV offline ... (Score:1)
... you insenitive clod!"
is what I feel like telling any TV manufacturer that expects me to connect my TV to the outside world.
An over-the-air antenna and a connection to my non-internet-connected media server are all I need.
Dumnb TV = Monitor? (Score:2)
Is the best way to get a dumb TV to buy a monitor? Connect it up to whatever hardware you desire without having to worry about what some idiot thinks all consumers need.
Have I missed something?
I use my TV as a monitor (Score:2)
I don't need or want a "smart TV". Instead, I have a PC connected to my TV and watch things from my TV.
I haven't watched OTA in over 40 years. It's pure garbage.
Next, Copilot will be in your Samsung phone (Score:2)
Whether you want it or not, and it won't be uninstallable.
Maybe it will be worth it (Score:2)
If they bring back Clippy to do a little dance while it answers all your question
I didn't even want high def (Score:2)
I definitely don't want this.
I guess it's easier than good plots though.
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Commenting on your subject... I used to roll my eyes at local TV stations boasting that they now had the "News in High Def". Seriously, who cares, it's the fucking News.
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Come on, you haven't watched real news in decades.
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You are quite discriminating. NTSC ought to be enough for anybody, right Bill?
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My back appreciates modern television sets
My old ass eyes sure appreciate not having 480i today.