







: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Hey Copilot, are you useful yet?

AI Is Killing Microsoft
Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, is struggling to show traction, causing the tech giant to continue falling behind. Investors are not happy.

Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice
These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing.

Microsoft Copilot gets long-term memory, group chats, and new ‘Mico’ persona in latest update
Microsoft is rolling out a series of updates to its consumer Copilot AI assistant, including shared group chats, long-term memory, and an optional visual persona named Mico.

Microsoft quietly scraps plans to bring Copilot to notifications and Settings on Windows 11 as it moves to reduce AI bloat across the OS
Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach in the OS.

This Conversation Is Being Recorded. They All Are.
People in tech use AI apps to record and transcribe meetings, workplace chats and even dates—all in the name of productivity.
Why Hasn’t AI Made Work Easier? - Cal Newport
I’ve been studying the intersection of digital technology and office work for quite some time. (I find it hard to believe that my book, Deep ... Read more

AI tools make things up a lot, and that’s a huge problem | CNN Business
Artificial intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT have mesmerized us with their ability to produce authoritative, human-sounding responses to seemingly any prompt. But as more people turn to this buzzy technology for things like homework help, workplace research, or health inquiries, one of its biggest pitfalls is becoming increasingly apparent: AI models sometimes just make things up.

‘Deskilling’: a dangerous side effect of AI use
Workers are increasingly reliant on the new technology

Copilot Cowork is now generally available | Microsoft 365 Blog
Copilot Cowork is now generally available worldwide, bringing secure, AI-powered automation for complex enterprise tasks in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps
The underlying AI features are here to stay, though

AI Code Is Producing a Quality Crisis Nobody Wants to Talk About
The productivity numbers look great. AI coding tools are everywhere.
Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years
"A bit of a shift from a year ago where we were all about the AI PC."

Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants
Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants

Jim Prosser on Twitter / X
If AI labs want personal assistants to take off at scale, they need to stop marketing vacations, reservations, party planning, etc. These are not problems.Focus on *the* problem facing Americans: the cost of living. Agents can offer a ton of help.Some ideas: (🧵)— Jim Prosser (@jimprosser) October 8, 2026
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.
