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Is this the same as the Copilot that is in VSCode via the Extensions? It's possibly confusing, or just very simple. I'm not sure :-D

etbebl 3y ago
I believe Microsoft reused the Copilot brand that it acquired from GitHub for its AI assistant which is embedded in Windows, Bing, and apparently now Office. GitHub Copilot also still exists but is a different product.
- stuaxo 3y ago
  "Copilot" is fast becoming what "dot Net" was to their branding.
  - ametrau 3y ago
    What a f$&cking headache that is.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > I believe Microsoft reused the Copilot brand that it acquired from GitHub Microsoft didn’t acquire Copilot from Github, Microsoft introduced it at Github long after Github was part of Microsoft.
wodenokoto 3y ago
Microsoft it currently renaming all chatbots and direct LLM-backed applications "copilots". It makes it very difficult to navigate their offerings. But I think it is kinda similar to how OpenAI is trying to call everything backed by their models a "GPT"
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  > It makes it very difficult to navigate their offerings. Microsoft has always done stuff like this. For instance, it was hard to know if you needed Windows Deluxe Professional Edition, Windows Master Programmer Developer Edition, or Windows Demigod Master of the Universe Edition (those might not be the exact names :-) I suspect that the goal there was to confuse people enough that the wealthy bought the most expensive one just so they were sure they "got everything", while not losing the sale to the poor schlub who could only afford Windows Broke-ass Fool You Suck Edition.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> Is this the same as the Copilot that is in VSCode via the Extensions? This is about Microsoft Copilot – https://copilot.microsoft.com/ https://copilot.microsoft.com/ – not Github Copilot – https://github.com/features/copilot https://github.com/features/copilot There are a lot of “Copilot” extensions for VSCode, including Github Copilot, but none for Microsoft Copilot, AFAIK. > It’s possibly confusing, No, after Github Copilot being around for a while, Microsoft rebranding everything that is AI assistants “Copilot” (with “Microsoft” in some contexts, but often just bare) is confusing, especially since it follows lots of other projects adopting the X Copilot thing in between “Github Copilot” becoming popular and Microsoft introducing their new Copilot branding.

etbebl 3y ago

I believe Microsoft reused the Copilot brand that it acquired from GitHub for its AI assistant which is embedded in Windows, Bing, and apparently now Office. GitHub Copilot also still exists but is a different product.

stuaxo 3y ago
"Copilot" is fast becoming what "dot Net" was to their branding.
- ametrau 3y ago
  What a f$&cking headache that is.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> I believe Microsoft reused the Copilot brand that it acquired from GitHub Microsoft didn’t acquire Copilot from Github, Microsoft introduced it at Github long after Github was part of Microsoft.

wodenokoto 3y ago

Microsoft it currently renaming all chatbots and direct LLM-backed applications "copilots". It makes it very difficult to navigate their offerings. But I think it is kinda similar to how OpenAI is trying to call everything backed by their models a "GPT"

Turing_Machine 3y ago
> It makes it very difficult to navigate their offerings. Microsoft has always done stuff like this. For instance, it was hard to know if you needed Windows Deluxe Professional Edition, Windows Master Programmer Developer Edition, or Windows Demigod Master of the Universe Edition (those might not be the exact names :-) I suspect that the goal there was to confuse people enough that the wealthy bought the most expensive one just so they were sure they "got everything", while not losing the sale to the poor schlub who could only afford Windows Broke-ass Fool You Suck Edition.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> Is this the same as the Copilot that is in VSCode via the Extensions? This is about Microsoft Copilot – https://copilot.microsoft.com/ https://copilot.microsoft.com/ – not Github Copilot – https://github.com/features/copilot https://github.com/features/copilot There are a lot of “Copilot” extensions for VSCode, including Github Copilot, but none for Microsoft Copilot, AFAIK. > It’s possibly confusing, No, after Github Copilot being around for a while, Microsoft rebranding everything that is AI assistants “Copilot” (with “Microsoft” in some contexts, but often just bare) is confusing, especially since it follows lots of other projects adopting the X Copilot thing in between “Github Copilot” becoming popular and Microsoft introducing their new Copilot branding.