<story><title>Introducing Copilot+ PCs</title><url>https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/20/introducing-copilot-pcs/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>orph</author><text>It made sense when I named GitHub Copilot, since that product was a passive addition to your regular workflow.&lt;p&gt;The name was sticky enough that they&amp;#x27;ve run with it, misunderstanding or ignoring that fundamental metaphor.</text></item><item><author>isoprophlex</author><text>Their &amp;quot;copilot&amp;quot; brand is so weird and... muddled.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s the AI code assistant thing that github actually started, there&amp;#x27;s the horrible chatbot maker GUI demoware, there&amp;#x27;s AI stuff you might be able to do with your sharepoint (if only you could get hold of the right ms sales rep to take your money), there&amp;#x27;s an app that does genai things on your personal MS account... And now there&amp;#x27;s a Surface rebrand?&lt;p&gt;That org chart meme about Microsoft being little fiefdoms pointing guns at eachother never stops being relevant.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot-studio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot&amp;#x2F;microsoft-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;welcome-to-the-new-era-of-sharepoint-and-onedrive-in-microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;0...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;copilot.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;copilot.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And [4] the meme itself, as you really can&amp;#x27;t convince me the above is the result of a coherent company-wide strategy &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.insider.com&amp;#x2F;51dfec8469bedd5e19000017&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.insider.com&amp;#x2F;51dfec8469bedd5e19000017&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>isoprophlex</author><text>In my perception, Github Copilot is the OG. The first one, amd the only product in that list that is actually making my life better.</text></comment>
<story><title>Introducing Copilot+ PCs</title><url>https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/20/introducing-copilot-pcs/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>orph</author><text>It made sense when I named GitHub Copilot, since that product was a passive addition to your regular workflow.&lt;p&gt;The name was sticky enough that they&amp;#x27;ve run with it, misunderstanding or ignoring that fundamental metaphor.</text></item><item><author>isoprophlex</author><text>Their &amp;quot;copilot&amp;quot; brand is so weird and... muddled.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s the AI code assistant thing that github actually started, there&amp;#x27;s the horrible chatbot maker GUI demoware, there&amp;#x27;s AI stuff you might be able to do with your sharepoint (if only you could get hold of the right ms sales rep to take your money), there&amp;#x27;s an app that does genai things on your personal MS account... And now there&amp;#x27;s a Surface rebrand?&lt;p&gt;That org chart meme about Microsoft being little fiefdoms pointing guns at eachother never stops being relevant.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot-studio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-copilot&amp;#x2F;microsoft-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;welcome-to-the-new-era-of-sharepoint-and-onedrive-in-microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;microsoft-365&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;0...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;copilot.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;copilot.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And [4] the meme itself, as you really can&amp;#x27;t convince me the above is the result of a coherent company-wide strategy &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.insider.com&amp;#x2F;51dfec8469bedd5e19000017&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.insider.com&amp;#x2F;51dfec8469bedd5e19000017&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cromka</author><text>This is what happens when engineers borrow the concepts previously created by dedicated teams. Happens a lot with UX&amp;#x2F;UI, too.</text></comment>