Microsoft braces for automatic AI takeover with Copilot at Windows startup
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Described as a "Change and Improvement" for users who have a minimum screen width of 27 inches, Microsoft's latest attempt to cram the AI assistant into every bit of the OS turned up in the [1]Windows Insider Dev Channel a few days ago.
The change is still rolling out and might never move beyond the Dev Channel, although considering Microsoft's evangelism for all things AI, it seems likely that it or something similar will arrive in release guise before long.
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Opening Copilot automatically can be toggled via a Personalization option, and the automatic startup will only show up in regions where the assistant is supported. These include North America, the UK, and South America. Microsoft has indicated that it intends to add additional markets over time.
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As well as the Copilot experiment, Microsoft has added support for the latest iteration of USB4, which ups the speed from 40 Gbps to 80 Gbps, assuming one has the appropriate hardware to hand. As far as Microsoft is concerned, this means select devices based on the Intel Core 14th Gen HX-series mobile processors. The company cited the Razer Blade 18, shown off at CES 2024, as an example.
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According to Microsoft: "It is fully backwards compatible with peripherals built for older generations of USB and Thunderbolt and works alongside all other USB Type-C features."
The latest version of USB4 can hit 120 Gbps. In its announcement for the Blade 18, Razer noted the implementation of "Bandwidth Boost" to hit a speed three times the previous iteration of USB4. Razer did not reveal the launch date of the Blade 18, which will presumably work best once Microsoft has moved its support to the release branch of Windows.
Additionally, Microsoft has updated the Windows share window to share URLs directly to WhatsApp, Gmail, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and dealt with an issue "which was impacting Windows share window reliability for some Insiders." It has dealt with a similar problem in Task Manager too.
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The company noted: "Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11." ®
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[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/01/11/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-23615-dev-channel/
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/12/github_copilot_copyright_case_narrowed/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/midjourney_openai_copyright/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/windows_xp_reimagined/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/windows_keyboards_copilot/
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Re: Just asking.
Will M$ pre-train it using Electro-Convulsive Therapy?
> a minimum screen width of 27 inches,
Weird logic, my 15.6 inch laptop screen, my 27 inch monitor, and 42 inch tv, have the same resolution, just different pixel densities.
When I plug my laptop into one of the larger screens, I expect no change in display layout.
EDID communicates, among other things, the display size, so the pixel density can be calculated.
HELL F**K NOOOOOOO...
That's about all I can muster. It's bad enough getting my laptop to "start up" without me drinking 3 coffees and smoking 3 ciggies. Now I've got to wait for a cheeky e-chappy to clear its throat. OMG.
Re: HELL F**K NOOOOOOO...
My employer is finishing up a, er, pilot program of Copilot. I asked for additional suggestions on things to use it for, as none of the suggested uses were at all applicable to my role, and I had been unable to find anything useful to do with it. Instead, they told me that was exactly the kind of feedback that they need - that for folks in my role, it's useless so don't pay for it.
Intel
It's called copilot, because the fans are going to spin so fast, the laptop will be taking off.
Windows Share
No I don't want Co-Pilot to even run on my OS without me doing a specific install, but then it's M$ so what do they care. We need some more creepiness providers so the EU can say bundling it is anti-competitive and rip it out.
What also gets me, is why on Earth "Microsoft has updated the Windows share window to share URLs directly to WhatsApp, Gmail, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and dealt with an issue..."! Just provide the framework and if you install the unwanted associated application, then add it to the share system (like android), don't just build it in.
With how they write their software lately, it wouldn't surprise me if we find that on opening it, it pings a load of info to them regardless if you have an account or not.
Re: Windows Share
The problem is that corrupt regulators are no longer bothered by these things.
After all they can say "Just install Linux or other operating system."
Hello. I'm Clippy. You're fucked.
How do I make sure it never gets installed?
Failing that, how do I remove it?
Linux, in one if it's flavours, is looking more and more attractive, despite the learning curve (and my thickness)
Re: Hello. I'm Clippy. You're fucked.
This helpful article tells you how to automate removal on W11 23H2 (which has Copilot installed and pinned to the taskbar by default, whether you like it or not) - I've tried this and it works:
https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-copilot-on-windows-11-intune-gpo/
We can hope that they don't enforce auto start, but come on, who are we kidding? Of course they are likely to - they are clearly determined to force their latest shiteware on everyone, and this sort of tactic is pretty much expected these days.
I misread this as Microsoft were sticking Copilot in charge of an experimental new version of Windows and genuinely thought “ah well, it couldn’t be worse…”
Annoyingly for me, Copilot is also the name of a brilliant satnav app for smartphones (before apple and Google did turn-by-turn directions) and I still have a fondness for the name. Not for much longer I reckon.
I'm just glad
that some kid coder using the AI killed off my WIFI. Life has been so peaceful and quiet.
Death to Copilot
Like Clippy, back in the 90s, the first thing I will do when they start this automatically is spend the necessary time to murder it. I don't want any 'help' from a jumped up chatbot.
Oh... I'll bet the security bods will be onto this
and looking at what data is sends to god knows who without asking for permission.
Then they'll find buried deep in the the licence that you clicked through years ago, you gave MS permission to share anything it wants to with anyone it chooses.
Then we'll see businesses all over the world blocking every sire that MS sends to which MS will change on a daily basis.
And so the game of cut and mouse goes on.
Meanwhile the Linux and MacOS users sit back and laugh at the next big screwup that MS is inflicting on itself.
Just asking.
Maybe Microsoft are a little worried that people will use AI to ask the questions like "what is the best and most reliable operating system?" and will filter the outbound questions as a precaution.