{"id":523309,"date":"2026-04-10T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523309\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:41:10","slug":"microsoft-denies-copilot-is-only-for-entertainment-purpose-after-its-own-document-says-do-not-trust-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523309\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft denies Copilot is only for entertainment purpose, after its own document says do not trust AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Copilot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft told Windows Latest that Copilot is meant for all use cases, not just \u201centertainment,\u201d after users spotted a terms-of-use page with contradictory details.<\/p>\n

In a terms-of-use document<\/a>, Microsoft stated that Copilot can make mistakes and that it\u2019s only for entertainment purposes. It also added that Copilot shouldn\u2019t be trusted for everything you may ask, and it may not work as intended. In fact, Microsoft warned that you should use \u201cCopilot at your own risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

It might sound alarming at first, but it\u2019s quite normal for AI companies to be careful with product language on a terms-of-use page. However, in this case, the fact that Copilot is described as being for \u201centertainment purposes only\u201d feels odd, actually very odd, even for a legal document.<\/p>\n

This disclaimer was first noticed by users on Reddit<\/a>, and it\u2019s still live on the company\u2019s website<\/a>. If you don\u2019t want to go through the long document, look at the screenshot of the \u201cImportant Disclosures and Warnings\u201d section below, where it\u2019s clearly stated in bold letters that Copilot is for entertainment only.<\/p>\n

\"Microsoft<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don\u2019t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk,\u201d the company explained.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Windows Latest, Microsoft clarified that Copilot is for all use cases, not just for fun or parties, and said the document is outdated because it was created when Copilot was part of Bing as Bing Chat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018entertainment purposes\u2019 phrasing is legacy language from when Copilot originally launched as a search companion service in Bing. As the product has evolved, that language is no longer reflective of how Copilot is used today and will be altered with our next update,\u201d Microsoft told Windows Latest.<\/p>\n

At one point, when Copilot was Bing Chat and going viral, and large language models were only beginning to gain traction, Microsoft wanted you to consider it an entertainment tool only. Is that still true? No, according to Microsoft officials.<\/p>\n

Copilot now has tools that make you more productive, such as the ability to turn your documentation into a quick, engaging document, create podcasts from long texts, and even control Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says it\u2019ll update the documentation to reflect Copilot\u2019s recent changes.<\/p>\n

Copilot is not winning the AI race yet<\/p>\n

The AI race has not been decided yet, but if you look at the numbers we have available publicly<\/a> from companies like SimilarWeb, Copilot is nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n

In fact, one dataset suggests that Copilot on the web is losing market share<\/a>, and even Perplexity, which is a startup with a much smaller team, is ahead of Microsoft\u2019s AI.<\/p>\n

Again, we don\u2019t know how many consumers use Copilot\u2019s Windows 11 app or the numbers on platforms that cannot be tracked by public companies, such as Copilot in Edge, Copilot in other Windows apps, and similar places.<\/p>\n

Regardless, what do you think about Microsoft\u2019s Copilot? Is it only for entertainment, or does it actually help you get things done?<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/p>\n

In my personal experience, I\u2019ve had great help from Microsoft 365 Copilot when I was working on Excel and PowerPoint on the same project, but Copilot\u2019s consumer app fails to impress me and is lackluster, especially after Microsoft ditched native code for WebView<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft told Windows Latest that Copilot is meant for all use cases, not just \u201centertainment,\u201d after users spotted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-523309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}