The future of Microsoft's Copilot

CNBC’s Steve Kovach joins ‘Halftime Report’ to discuss the latest news on Microsoft's big AI event on Monday.

[@alexroberto6353]

My AI will call your AI and make plans for us to meet at the golf course.

[@PaulMcCannWebBuilder]

My AI will just email you my estimated score, and a transcript of the excuses I would have used.

[@citizenm9590]

Microsoft is a beast of company qnd i have to say there investment in OpenAI will pay offf handsomely

[@Bradimoose]

It's so badass. My company bought it and I can just tell it "make me a powerpoint about...whatever" and it makes it in 30 seconds.

[@michaelphan4]

MSFT must have watered down copilot capabilities because I tested same question with copilot and gemini and copilot gave horrible feedback compared to gemini.

[@b.c.2177]

The recent features like Copilot and Recall in Windows raise concerns about user privacy. These functionalities seem to contradict Microsoft's claims regarding user data collection. For many security-conscious users, the closed-source nature of Windows further heightens these concerns. In security best practices, a "zero trust" approach is recommended for handling sensitive data. Unfortunately, Windows' current features seem to move in the opposite direction. This will lead many users, including me to consider switching to open-source operating systems like Linux, which offer more transparency and control over user data.

[@jimbojimbo6873]

People thinking we are remotely 1% of the way to reaching a point where AI can do our jobs are lost Absolutely no one has been replaced by AI because it hasn’t done anything. The only people that lost their jobs are like help desks where their job is basically searching for an answer to solve a problem on a permissions page.

[@Charles-Darwin]

They have replaced jobs... to offset the costs of ramping up and development... and in anticipation that those costs will payback in droves both by software developers supplementing with it and optimizations/creation of new products to come

[@stevechance150]

Jimbo, do you write code for a living? Today ChatGPT 4 can write 80% of a professional developer's day-to-day code, in seconds, rather than hours. And AI is only going to get better, very quickly.

[@Greyalien587]

The companies are pouring billions to essentially replace as many as possible. But sure you, a KZbinr, knows the market and future

[@anak_kucing101]

I don't know man, underestimating or overestimating? Who really knows?

[@HeroDai2448]

over time co pilot will get cheaper but it’s good to hear that people think it’s useful

[@syedshah7510]

I can’t seem to figure out what Copilot does? How do I use it?

[@perer005]

They are talking about the Windows Enterprise copilot, the one that gives you a copilot in every office application. It's confusing, but MS calls all their AI assistants for "copilot" regardless if it is in Edge or Word.

[@Mashburn007]

​@@perer005 Yess, proper copilot is not available for everyone

[@swapnilthakur09]

Its not just used in Office suit. We are using for software development. we use it in VS code and VS studio and it can be used in many apps. we ideally provide prompt and it generates code for us, although its not always accurate

[@issiewizzie]

i'm not paying for copilot

[@hkiajtaqks5253]

you'll be paying with your data.

[@csnanayakkara]

Copilot is severely restricted compared to what LLMs are capable of.

[@kcdiazWTV]

Doesn't it use GPT behind the scenes?

[@csnanayakkara]

@@kcdiazWTV "Apparently built on GPT", in any case, if you compare the same commands given to ChatGPT(free) and Copilot, you can see that there are manual restrictions in place for copilot. Guess it is Microsofts corporate safety measures?

[@hkiajtaqks5253]

When I search for "sound settings" I type in "sound" and it always shows me "sound recorder" as the best match even when I never select it. I'd appreciate some intelligent behavior in that. Other gimmicks can wait.

[@perer005]

$30/month/user is not really expensive if it saves hours per month for people costing hundreds of dollars per hour... Over time it will become a nobrainer for big corps to get a big pre-packed AI solution, like Microsoft Copilots.

[@stevechance150]

Microsoft will come up with a "bulk license" discount for corporate buyers, with a stipulation that the users must be on the same corporate network.

[@tigerrx7]

Those “hours” of savings is conceptual savings until you can turn those saved hours into margin enhancement. You still have to pay the team whether they work 2 hours or 4 hours on a task. The cost is real and present on the balance sheet.

[@PaulMcCannWebBuilder]

@@tigerrx7 The savings isn't what you'll need to pay the team, it's the fact you won't have to pay a team at all.

[@JewLorad]

0:17 bro has voice crack haha

[@lppoqql]

I feel many of the open source models will be as good as OpenAI and MS LLMs. I feel right now is more about introducing these model to the less tech savvy audience and lock in customer loyalty. I would monitor when or if and how Uncle Joe will be using these LLMs.

[@stevechance150]

Who cares about uncle Joe?! Ask uncle Joe to describe TikTok, would he have a clue? He still uses Facebook. Ask ANYONE under the age of 21 about ChatGPT, they ALL know (and they will never give it up).

[@josephsm7723]

Build it and they will come. LOL

[@fatcattiger9027]

Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act japan os block They killed the Japanese OS with political pressure, but you guys are doing whatever you want with no regulations in the world.

[@richardjackson9725]

I bought it but I wouldn’t renew unless it improves by the time I renew.

[@stevechance150]

Dude, just move on to ChatGPT 4 (or the new ChatGPT 4o). You won't be disappointed.

[@LeeWoods]

Microsoft is not the perceived leader of Artificial Intelligence! So many reasons why but no one is using CoPilot and Microsoft has the revolting way of forcing services and features on users. I use Windows because it's what my company went with

[@jaeen7665]

Ah, perhaps you misunderstand perceived here. They indeed are "perceived", as the perception is they're the leader in AI. Whether they indeed ARE the leader, that's the question. I don't think they are the leader in AI, although the common perception is that they are the leader.

[@jakesiu7773]

I started using Copilot for writing promo...it's a god gift.

[@kkchen2]

They are perceived as the AI leader and I personally think they are as they have full access to Open AI’s technology. Open AI is recognized now as the industry standard and it will be very hard to change people perception. Similar to how Google chrome may not be the best browser. I think you ideas about Microsoft are a bit outdated as they have been no worse than Google or Apple in forcing their services on users. You may have a bit of bias left over from the Gated era.

[@stevechance150]

​@@kkchen2you know what you're talking about. Microsoft effectively owns OpenAI now. Sam Altman could leave tomorrow and Microsoft wouldn't care at all. You don't see anyone crying about Sutskever's departure. These talking heads are clueless. Interview professional coders, ask them about ChatGPT 4. They know what's coming.

[@kkchen2]

@@stevechance150 yes except I would push back on Altman. He is important because he is viewed as the face of this AI push and the one that started this war. Plus he has shown that he has an enormous army of loyal employees at open AI. So Microsoft would care as they would risk a walk out if Altman was mistreated.

[@DonnieBosede]

If MSFT were to lower the price, it won’t be any less than $20/mo.

[@stevechance150]

$20 is nothing to corporations. It's $240 a year to vastly increase employee productivity. That's nothing to a 1,000 to 5,000 employee company.

[@evensaj]

copilot is useful only if you know how to use it

[@peterwood6875]

Hi! 📎

[@anipacify1163]

Imagine being the leader and making all research open source . Being overconfident and firing employees and finally misplaced in the race by another giant 😂

[@CaptainSleep]

CTO for many Financial firms here. Copilot not worth as of yet…

[@stevechance150]

When was the last time you wrote a line of code? What's that? Twenty five years ago when you got your CS degree? Ask one of your best coders (under 30) to tell you how good ChatGPT 4 is.

[@georgewashington3012]

They’re right. Copilot ranges from gimmicky/useless to kinda helpful. $30 per user per month is far too much for the limited business value.

[@utsavsinha5157]

Unless you are in low level garbage content creation or writing many lines of code, I see no tangible use of Copilot.

[@sayeed2739]

Not worth it... yet. Other AI powered chatbots perform way better.

[@MaryN.Peralta]

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[@MaryN.Peralta]

Wow I'm a bit perplexed seeing her been mentioned here also didn't know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been super

[@GeraldS.Taylor-sq4wp]

She is my family personnel Broker and also a personal Broker to many families in the United states, she is a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in the United states.

[@JoelK.Willoughby]

You trade with Emily claire too? Wow that's woman has been a blessing to me and my family

[@AnnaA.Newman]

I'm new at this, please how can I reach her ?

[@MaryN.Peralta]

She's mostly on telegram using

[@davidtothemax1]

nobody uses this lol

[@well2thebone]

miller vs california 1973, microsoft 1975, this is "Stock of the Year' NVIDIA in 2024 - what is illegal? an 8 year old

[@garys.1415]

PLTR is the only true AI for businesses. The rest is nonsense.

[@edycivil4893]

hi, nice to meet regarded people here!

[@drtomgao]

Copilot is useless

[@kkchen2]

Use it all the tjme

[@drtomgao]

@@kkchen2 yep as a very minor productivity tool but you would not roll it out to the entire organisation at this price and no way you can replace headcount so useless from that perspective. Question is would you pay $30 a month ie. $360 a year for it out of your own pocket. when asked none of the managers trialling it would.

[@stevechance150]

Q: Who effectively owns OpenAI now? A: Microsoft. So Microsoft is well positioned for success.

[@kkchen2]

@@drtomgao I won’t argue the cost as perhaps it is too high at this stage of the game. My point was that it is indeed a useful tool and I certainly expect certain jobs to be made obsolete down the line from it. So certain companies will indeed benefit from adoption at some stage of the product life. It is certainly more useful than apps like OneNote and will likely be included as part of the MS bundle to corps at some point anyway. Me not willing to pay personally is also off point as I am not a revenue generating business. Many people out there do not even justify paying for office 365 even though that is the most useful suite of productivity tools.

[@drtomgao]

@@stevechance150 yes well positioned and market leader. However copilot is still not useful enough for enterprises to pay money for.

[@sar50anga82]

what is all this AI and Co-Pilot etc garbage...have humans killed real human interactions ...whats the rush for fast and furious....death will come sooner or latter why not live in peace without all this Computer crap in your and with your relatives neighbours community and friends

[@homercuts]

Uipath runs circles around coplit

[@tvm73827]

😂🤣

[@milandean]

No it definitely doesnt

[@opencase9903]

Awww someone's sad about their UIPath investment

[@shanes.6227]

copilot gpt4-o update?

[@FoobsTon]

So far it's as useless and annoying as the paper clip.

[@MalvinderKaur-e7x]

Both investors in Google and microsoft are same with same color coding..