Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems

Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by direwolf20 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:53PM (#46893053)

It's the branding. When the button that explored the internet said "internet explorer" it was so obvious. Then every OS component had to become its own brand. Why can't it just be called "internet"?

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by Sharlin on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:48PM (#46894133)

I'm sure soon enough it'll be renamed "Copilot 365 Explorer" or something similar.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by indymike on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:21PM (#46894843)

I'm holding out for Copilot 365 Explorer Enterprise Edition.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by dmichulke on Thursday February 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#46901125)

...the only edition where you can disable bing as default search engine

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by Sharlin on Thursday February 05, 2026 @01:20PM (#46902832)

Honestly I didn't even realize Bing hasn't yet been rebranded as Copilot. And honestly who needs a "search engine" anymore when you can just ask Friend Copilot?

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by tsimionescu on Thursday February 05, 2026 @05:53AM (#46898284)

That seems far too clear, I'd bet more on "Copilot Online".

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by aleph_minus_one on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:16PM (#46893884)

> Why can't it just be called "internet"?

Because the world wide web is just one of the many applications that is possible to implement on the internet infrastructure.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:14PM (#46895206)

They were asking about "internet" versus "internet explorer", so that's not relevant.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by aleph_minus_one on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:27AM (#46898511)

The Internet Explorer is not for exploring the internet, but the world wide web, so the name never did make sense.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by jamesnorden on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:25AM (#46898879)

I guess intranets don't exist.

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by direwolf20 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @02:28PM (#46903919)

Actually, it views HTML. But if you call it Microsoft HTML Viewer and then wonder why nobody clicks on it.........

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by albedoa on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:42PM (#46895766)

Looks like the context understander has logged on. Welcome!

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