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Microsoft Copilot AI’s official avatar looks like a blob of semen (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 5 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250728-microsoft-copilot-ai-a-pearly-liquid-blob-on-your-screen - podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av5g0hAKwE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video

The video is heavily euphemised and I think I got away with it

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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Liquid glass (the apple thing) also looks like semen.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

remember, the actual design name is Liquid Ass

screenshot of youtube video pre-roll still showing the Liquid Glass themescreen with the play button obscuring the letters g and l

(still amazing that they PR blundered that, and how rapidly just that got fixed while addressing nothing else about this stupid thing)

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 15 points 4 days ago

tangential: reminds me of this stupid thing that I saw like 10 years ago that I have recreated for y'alls viewing pleasure. Feel free to insert whatever narrative you like as to how I encountered the image on the left.

[–] Wakarimasen@pawb.social 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

… what?

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

New UI style that apple uses