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[–] 01189998819991197253 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

(to Microsoft) So, you won't be using your ai for vibecoding your updates anymore, right? ...Right?

..checking Microsoft's status page..

User impact: A subset of admins in North America may be unable to access the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Current status: We confirmed that an issue in a recent update introduced errors in the code path that facilitates calls to the Microsoft 365 admin center when encountered by admins, which resulted in their inability to access the Microsoft 365 admin center.

I guess Microsoft didn't get the memo they released, then...

[–] Teppa@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I dont know about anyone else but basic things like windows search, windows update, excel, etc.. has always been buggy. I always find it strange people saying this is a new phenomenon, I actually think most things regressed from XP outside of UAC.

[–] slavpi@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

I do a few things at work that I use AI for. Work had a gpt enterprise key, now we've moved to claude. Through O365, I also have access to copilot.

Pretty much anything I ask claude or gpt about, I can be sure to get a solid answer or one that was at least on Stack Exchange or Reddit. If that fails, and I drill down a little more on a problem, adding details, they'll both get a little better after a couple of questions and usually come up with a reasonable answer.

Not copilot. If you ask copilot something and it doesn't come back in one shot with an authoritative cited answer, just walk away. It makes no attempt to ensure the answer is right or sane. It either hit in training or it didn't. And if it didn't, trying to convince it to strike out in a few other directions to solve it is absolutely a fool's errand.

It's like they bought into OpenAI, then never got any updates or made any progress. I

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Someone finally listend to their lawyers

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Theo whole OS is garbage. Used to be at least functional, now it’s an ad infested AI slop fest.

[–] falynns@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Ah, the famous "Fox News" defense of claiming you're an entertainment medium but you should totally trust it.

[–] jinni@lemmy.world 151 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Deploy everywhere, trust nowhere. Bold strategy.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Standard fart operating procedure

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 112 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A salesman for an AI consulting company made the comment that we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI? He was smug about it, too, like it was his big gotcha. Joke's on him, I'm the one that talked the bosses out of spending money with them.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago

“Is your AI accountable for mistakes? All these idiots are…”

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's such a bad argument too. The whole point of technology is to help perfect the output of humans. Why would we buy technology that is known to not do that

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"You can get pretty good results most of the time and save money on labor!" Not like our whole business model is focused on expertise and compliance or anything. Surely our clients won't mind a few little mistakes here and there, as a treat.

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The neat part is that we can't even claim that they're little mistakes or that there's few of them.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI?

If we can't expect better from an AI than from a human, why should we use the AI (other than so you don't have to pay workers)?

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there's an important semantic difference between worse performance and correctness. Tools, like AI, can underperform when compared to humans and still be very useful and worth investing into, but that's only as long as they perform correctly.

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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago

If it works, it's thanks to us. If it doesn't, it's your fault.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For entertainment in Excel...

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

There are some real sickos out there man

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

they probably had Copilot write the new TOS that included this line and since nobody who uses AI reads the final output, nobody caught it.

they never expected consumers to actually read the TOS.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Meanwhile, watching the NCAA game yesterday I watched multiple commercials from Microsoft stating copilot as something to use in your daily work place and work flow. And I didn't see any disclaimer that AI was for entertaining purposes only and that they weren't liable for killing your business.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard

Reminds me of these Autopiloting cars LOL

They, do it all by themselves, fully and autonomously and are pushed so hard as well, but you may not rely on them, never take them for serious.

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[–] BouteilleBrune@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Where I live, high ranking bank employees are required to use it for serious use and important advice.

Twist the reality all you want, copilot manages my whole life.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Copilot: the Fox News of AI

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

That was my first thought, they're using the Fox News legal defense

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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I can see where an AI that fucks everything up all the time might be entertaining like a good slapstick comedy, but nah, Resident Evil Requiem is sufficient entertainment for now.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Topic aside: I want to play resident evil requiem. do i have to play previous games as well? I haven’t played any.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 15 hours ago

Nope, my wife and I watched a stream and I'm only vaguely aware of the plots of the other games. It didn't take away from anything, and my wife clueing me in on the references really didn't add much of value to the experience.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Naw, they’re tenuously connected aside from some specific moments and characters across the franchise.

Story wise it’s all pulp horror/scifi. If you want to play the highlights, the remakes of part 2 and 4 from the 2010’s are fantastic games and each stand on their own. 7 & 8 are a more modern style and really good straight horror experiences but not necessary to enjoy Requiem. The other entires can be rough as they were created with various elements of game design and language we’ve moved past and improved on since.

Resident Evil Characters wiki page can be a fun read for a little more context but not an absolute need.

Alternately if you want to get caught up without a 100 hour investment in play time, Noah Caldwell-Gervais does great long form essays on video game series’ and his resident evil one will get you up to speed for requiem in significantly less time.

I started playing them on original PlayStation release and have enjoyed them all for different reasons. The story is a hodgepodge of 30 years of writers and artists building a world that is both overly complex and charmingly simple. Each release can be seen as a reflection of the world it was created in and the horror and espionage tropes of the time. At the end of the day though, it is a very silly series that understands the ridiculousness of its characters and world and strikes a great balance between that and being genuinely scary.

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Ah yes copilot in the app everybody thinks of for entertainment…notepad.

[–] bpinyon@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then why are they promoting it, in a pizza ad, as letting CoPilot handle the spreadsheets. Do they not trust their own product!?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

They want your money, not your lawsuits.

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[–] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

fuck you mean, youre pushing ai as if its usable on every corner of the OS, and NOW you announced it to be unreliable?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Yes, that's why it's in Office

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Oh lord, I might get fired for doing this, but I smell a company-wide email about Copilot Monday morning.

Are you not entertained?!

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

then y the fuck is it prominently showing on the front page of office.com?!

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Surprise twist: I don’t and won’t rely on it for jack shit

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So it's not called Microsoft 365 copilot anymore then? Since that is fully focused for business and not for entertainment. Make up your fking mind Microsoft

[–] AppropriateLynx457@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Proposed revision: Do not use Copilot for business purposes.

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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

If joke, why required shaped?

[–] lath@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trillion dollar investments, dishing out private nuclear power plants, redistributing water allocation nationwide, using it in every level of every structure of society and it's just for entertainment.

Anyone tell the politicians they bent over like hand worn muppets for a gag or do you think they already know and simply enjoy being treated for the fools that they are?

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 5 points 1 day ago

First entertainment purposes only is corporate language for gives the wrong answers and don't want to lose the lawsuit if we tell people to trust it. Just like Fox News.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's complete and utter bullshit. Either stand behind your product or don't ship it universally. Pick a lane. Either it's worth using it or isn't, so which is it?

This wishy washy bullshit paints a picture of an embarrassingly inept organization, is that really what you're trying to project Microsoft?

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then how come my company just roll this shit out for work? Allstate just walk us through how us co pilot to type our emails. And to use it for note taking.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because in the end, you, the person that is forced to use various AI chatbot/agent/model/whatever, will be held responsible for anything that happens after one of the 3000 decisions they imposed you to make with no way to check everything turns out to cause the slightest problem. When that happens, YOU were supposed to know that NOTHING the AI tells/says/do is to be expected correct, so it's your responsibility if something's gone wrong.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

No worried, I don't have that junk on my Linux system anyways.

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