Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it

Re:Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's ju... by pawsocks on Monday April 13, 2026 @12:50PM (#47754783)

I'm guessing the 'sparkle' icon will stick around, for better or worse

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Re:Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's ju... by philistine on Monday April 13, 2026 @08:05PM (#47759565)

What does pressing this button even DO? Pressing the floppy disk saves. LLMs cannot be reduced to a mere button, and that's a whole problem with Microsoft's strategy. They seem laser-focused, for financial reasons, to reduce all of AI's myriad possibilities to a single button/identity.

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Re:Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's ju... by Izkata on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @06:03PM (#47772077)

The sparkles are also in Gitlab and Jira, so it seems to have become the de-facto "Call the AI" button.

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