Ep 11 - Busting Copilot Myths

The Copilot Connection

With more and more people getting access to all the different Copilots, there are more myths that are appearing online. So, in this episode, Zoe and Kevin take a look at some of those myths and either bust them or add the detail behind the truth of each of them, Plus, we highlight some of the latest news along the way including some potential new text to video for Copilot (warning - that last comment is shameless clickbait!) in there too.
Myths addressed:

• Copilot is trained on your data - Daniel Anderson's LinkedIn post
• Copilot just works
• One size fits all
• Copilot will save you money
• Copilot is collecting all your data from Office Apps - evidence
• No human involvement needed
• Everyone is excited about Copilot - Microsoft's Pricey AI Assistant Copilot Gives Some Buyer's Remorse (requires subscription)
• You can automate everything
• You can't do anything about Copilot choosing the right plugin - How Copilot for Microsoft 365 decides which plugin to use
• Copilot keeps changing how it works - Introducing the new Microsoft Copilot experience in Teams
• Copilot can solve everything

News mentioned:
Announcing Fabric Copilot pricing
Sara Fennah's post on upcoming Roadmap items for M365
GPT Mentions: Effortlessly Streamline Your AI Search
Sora from Open AI
Other Copilot news:

• API-based message extensions in Team Dev Portal
• Damien Bird on using ChatGPT in Excel via Office Scripts to generate sample data
• Combating abusive AI-generated content: a comprehensive approach
• A Whole New Way of Working
• 3 big AI trends to watch in 2024
• Using Copilot in Apple Vision Pro
• 5 Takeaways From Pioneers In Microsoft Copilot Adoption
• Sticker Generator in Designer
• What was Sora trained on? Creatives demand answers.
• Google announces Gemini