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Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot

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  1. pseudosavant · · focus · HN ↗
    Does anyone even want to try this? I'm a Windows user, M365 subscriber, VS Code user (when I'm not in Codex), had a Github Copilot subscription, etc... and a heavy AI user. Basically, the prime target for Microsoft AI. And every attempt Microsoft has made to put AI into a product has been unusable garbage, using the same models I find productive in other tools.

    So many AI doubters I know hate using AI tools because their employer only gives them the Microsoft offerings. Which is a totally understandable reaction to those tools.

    1. EA-3167 · · focus · HN ↗
      “AI doubters”

      By the numbers we just call them “most people”… you’re in the minority by quite a growing stretch.

      1. otabdeveloper4 · · focus · HN ↗
        But have you heard the good news of our lord and saviour Claude Opus 5.5?

        (Not the be confused with the Claude Opus 5. That's a different lord that didn't turn out to be a saviour.)

      2. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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      3. TiredOfLife · · focus · HN ↗
        I have a layman relative who was heavily using ai for about half a year before i started using it.
        1. EA-3167 · · focus · HN ↗
          Neat.

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;short-reads&#x2F;2026&#x2F;08&#x2F;18&#x2F;young-adults-in-the-us-are-increasingly-wary-of-ai-concerned-it-will-take-jobs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;short-reads&#x2F;2026&#x2F;08&#x2F;18&#x2F;young-adu...

          The numbers and trend lines are clear regardless of your layman relative.

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