Microsoft Copilot is the new Internet Explorer

Microsoft Copilot isn’t as good as non-Microsoft alternatives

Copilot just isn’t as flexible or reliable or useful as other AI chatbots. Under the hood, Microsoft is routing requests to OpenAI’s GPT models… but ChatGPT is a much more mature platform with more configurability and control over what AI model you’re using.

Copilot’s desktop vision feature is a bright spot, though, and Copilot has other strengths, too. For example, it’s the only AI tool that’s integrated into Word and Excel, which should give it a leg up in professional environments. And there are Microsoft’s efforts to turn Copilot into a “companion,” complete with a face.

But it’s still not catching on. It’s not enough to sway consumers over from those competing AI tools that don’t have virtual faces. I see a lot of enthusiasm for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in AI communities, meanwhile Copilot is rarely mentioned (unless in a bad light).

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