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"Windows Intelligence": Microsoft may drop Copilot in major AI rebranding (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This has to be the idea of the century

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[–] illi@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Agreed, Copilot was one of if not the best named AI I think. Why they would want to rebrand it to something so bland so quickly is beyond me

[–] vrek@programming.dev 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have no love for Microsoft but their naming is one of the worst parts... Let's make a game console! We'll call it Xbox!... That sold well let make another! We'll call it xbox360... Time for a refresh on the gaming console! We'll call it Xbox one... Another refresh but this time let's make two versions! We'll call them Xbox one series s and x box one series s!

Or our popular ide is bloated and people are asking for a light weight ide... What's our current ide called? Visual studio but alot of people abbreviate it to vs! Let's call the new one vscode! Do they have anything in common or share functionality or shortcuts? No

Don't get me started on windows.. 3.1... 95...nt...98...2000...me...vista...7...8....10...11 like wtf???

[–] Defaced@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least Xbox made some sense, it was originally going to be called the DirectXbox, thankfully they shortened the name to something catchier.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes... And the sequels? I still don't know if Xbox one s or x box one x is the higher end model....

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably the more expensive one.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Granted but still bad naming convension. In comparison which is better Playstation 4 or Playstation 5?

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

NT was a fully seperate product from 95 and 98, using a different kernel. 95 -> 98 -> Me was the old kernel, NT -> 2000 -> XP -> Vista -> 7 -> 8 -> 10 -> 11 is the other line. Me was a play on Millenium Edition, so that line was just numbered by year. The NT series names are a bit wonky, though. The reason for skipping 9 involves legacy program support and bad coding practices from ye olde programmers. 7 was kind of an arbitrary number to begin with, though.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

7 was the version if you only counted the "best ofs" Windows 3, 95, XP, Vista, 7.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

In addition to ME and NT, they also had CE.

CEMENT.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I understand the whole different kernal thing but that's the type of thing that the average consumer shouldn't have to know to follow your program naming scheme.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just enjoy that I can call them "xbone"

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because it's Microsoft and they have to compulsively rename things every few years.

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Cortana was the best branding, though I understand only resonated within certain circles.

[–] vin@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe they didn't want to tarnish the copilot brand with risky privacy invasion