Copilot is 'for entertainment purposes only', per Microsoft's terms of use

This feels like the modern equivalent of the "no warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose" clause that's been in EULAs for decades.

The interesting part is how this clashes with the marketing. You can't really call something a "Copilot" (implying it's helping you fly the plane) while simultaneously saying it's just for entertainment. It's a legal shield against the inevitable hallucinations, but it definitely creates a weird cognitive dissonance for enterprise customers who are paying for productivity, not entertainment.

Why is there an AI chat window on my GitHub homepage? I just wanted a list of my repos!

All Microsoft services are for entertainment purposes only, as in you’d have to be absolutely crazy enough to use before a Microsoft sales rep has taken your execs to a steakhouse and strip club.

Discussion (587 points, 6 days ago, 205 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587866

Entertainment purposes but we can't have a virtual waifu. They are missing the main market there.

https://www.uniladtech.com/news/elon-musk-hints-at-controver...

> (Ultimately) "One big step closer to anime girls becoming real," Musk replied: "Optimus will enable them to become physically real."

Go to https://copilot.com and ask a question. You can see from the answer that it is clearly for entertainment only. Three years ago Microsoft was considered a leader for having the foresight to invest in OpenAI. Today they are a laggard.

I get the sense that this is the LLM version of the all caps boilerplate disclaimer in every software warranty.

which copilot?

True .... sometimes it gives funny answers

Perhaps for most it is. lol

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