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Posted by lpcvoid 6 hours ago

Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only(www.microsoft.com)
301 points | 126 commentspage 3
anshumankmr 4 hours ago|
If it is for entertainment purposes only, why am I not laughing when I use it?
SoftTalker 2 hours ago||
Some people find being whipped while bound in leather to be entertaining.
cindyllm 2 hours ago||
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pwdisswordfishy 3 hours ago||
You need a better sense of humour apparently.
jmugan 3 hours ago||
I thought the title was a joke until I actually read the thing.
wxw 5 hours ago||
> Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.

> We don’t own Your Content, but we may use Your Content to operate Copilot and improve it. By using Copilot, you grant us permission to use Your Content, which means we can copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, edit, translate, and reformat it, and we can give those same rights to others who work on our behalf.

lol

Junk_Collector 5 hours ago|
This is as good as when the engineer from the Claude team said they load their website in such a way as to protect against hostile actions such as scraping.
ar0 5 hours ago||
To be clear this is only for the standalone Copilot chat or app and website; not for the “Copilot” services integrated into Office 365 etc.
sgbeal 5 hours ago|
> To be clear this is only for the standalone Copilot chat or app and website; not for the “Copilot” services integrated into Office 365 etc.

The section titled "WHEN & WHERE THESE TERMS APPLY" includes:

> Conversations you have with Copilot through other Microsoft apps and websites

rdsubhas 5 hours ago||
Would be nice to know if it includes Github Copilot. I can't understand how to interpret "Copilot branded apps".
sgbeal 5 hours ago||
It says "through other Microsoft apps and websites," i.e. they reserve the right to include or remove it when and where they like throughout their whole product line (which includes github, of course), as well as:

- Conversations you have with Copilot through third-party apps and platforms

- Other Copilot-branded apps and services that link to these Terms

That first point (#4 in the original list) can cover all software, Copilot-branded or otherwise, which, even internally, uses Copilot (perhaps without your knowing so).

Github Copilot (to take your specific example) is both "other Microsoft apps and websites" and "Copilot-branded". So, yeah, those ToS undoubtedly apply to Github Copilot.

giancarlostoro 5 hours ago||
How does this affect Copilot in VS 2022 / VS 2026? Because this is kind of insulting to a professional. I really wish Microsoft would learn to name things correctly. There's Copilot the ChatGPT-like service, then there's Copilot for Visual Studio which is not the same as far as I can tell.
adambb 5 hours ago|
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-y...

They do seem to word this at a more professional level in this context (the terms linked are for individuals using Copilot in Windows, probably?)

monegator 5 hours ago||
> Copilot may include advertising
oytis 3 hours ago||
I might be alone with this, but I don't find it very entertaining.
soupfordummies 3 hours ago||
Worth noting that this is in the terms of use as of October 2025. This isn't "new".
ibejoeb 3 hours ago||
They unironically relaunch it as XBox Copilot tomorrow...
staticautomatic 5 hours ago|
Guys they're just disclaiming warranties relax
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