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Kevin BeaumontMicrosoft Copilot terms of service have been updated to include this gem: "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/copilot_terms_of_service/
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@GossiTheDog Nobody reads that.
Heliograph@GossiTheDog #copilot will be excited to find this one day >.<
#alttext "adapted 2012 Tom Toro New Yorker cartoon - the original caption read "Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders" - here the text reads "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORLD DADDY? WE DESTROYED IT, BUT FOR ONE BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN TIME, WE HAD COPILOT ENTERTAINMENT""
JoΓ£o Tiago Rebelo (NAFO J-121)@GossiTheDog the same that is part of Microslop Office? The office suite used by millions upon millions of public administration workers? No way! π
Jer@jt_rebelo @GossiTheDog The one where they advertise that CoPilot can do your Excel well enough to run your business for you
For entertainment purposes only of course. Hilarity ensues when the tax man cometh to see the spreadsheets that copilot cooked for you!
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@Jer @jt_rebelo @GossiTheDog You mean that copilot won't be somehow bringing back the $1 slice to save an imaginary small business and cool inflation?
@fuzzyfuzzyfungus @jt_rebelo @GossiTheDog At the end of that commercial I imagine the guy being unable to pay his rent because the budget that copilot hallucinated for him to bring back the $1 slice doesn't add up and he's been losing .75 on every slice he sells
@jt_rebelo @GossiTheDog Strictly speaking that's the ToS for the 'consumer' version; so it's even more expansive in its data collection; but I don't think that MS actually has anything better for Fancy Enterprise Copilot 365 (E5); except possibly more aggressive 'burn more tokens if the first time seemed too nonsensical' defaults.
At least the consumer ToS assures us that "you may stop using copilot at any time" your average Azure tenant sure doesn't make it seem that way.
PH7831@GossiTheDog Aren't you entertained?
Humphrey Archer@screwturn @GossiTheDog I hope you wrote this message using copilot !
Anarchism School Dropout@GossiTheDog Wow that was the best laugh of the year so far. Thanks!
WTL@GossiTheDog Lawyers covering their butts.
Grumble πΊπΈ πΊπ¦ π¬π±@GossiTheDog I'm laughing as hard as I can.
Oh, wait - I thought about the M$ investors and now I'm laughing even harder.
Copilot is hella entertaining.
James Tinmouth@GossiTheDog thats a hell of a lot of resources going up in smoke for "entertainment". Perhaps we should go back to going to the pub and watching the telly.
Lyle Solla-Yates@GossiTheDog theyβre just a bunch of silly guys making silly toys!
Matt Palmer@GossiTheDog I'd love to know what the legal consequences are, if any, of using something which is "for entertainment purposes only" in a professional or commercial context. Could it be evidence of, for example, gross negligence?
@womble @GossiTheDog "For Entertainment Purposes Only" is the disclaimer that Tarot Readers and Astrologers have to put on their businesses in some jurisdictions to avoid being charged with fraud
The fact that they've slapped it on copilot tells me that their legal team has concerns
Willow "Wolveric" Catkin
Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.@GossiTheDog
"Entertainment"??? π€¨
Me: "CoPilot: What was the capitol of East Germany?"
CoPilot: "Okay. Two dogs walk into a beer hall in East Berlin..."
StΔ³n van Drongelen@GossiTheDog "These Terms donβt apply to Microsoft 365 Copilot apps or services unless that specific app or service says that these Terms apply." - Satya the Clown, after renaming Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 Copilot.
@GossiTheDog Satya wears a flower on his vest. "Smell it!" he says. Nobody wants to, but they all have to say, "maybe later." Just to amuse himself, even when nobody smells the flower, Satya regularly squeezes the hidden bladder. Slop squirts out of the flower. Nobody enjoys this.
Dirk Hohndel@GossiTheDog
You have to admit, though... trying to use it for work can be highly entertaining.
Or, well... you have to laugh, because otherwise you'd have to cry, right?
You have to admit, though... trying to use it for work can be highly entertaining.
Or, well... you have to laugh, because otherwise you'd have to cry, right?
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP π¨π¦πΉπ΄ββοΈπ· πΊοΈDoes that mean it will be banned in workplaces like video games because workers should be working not entertaining themselves ?
The Polish Dispatch@GossiTheDog So, we're calling bombing schools and civilians entertainment now?
ItsComplicatedEntertainment purposes implies expressed interest and choice. Microslop gives people no such choice regarding Copilot.
Nicole ParsonsIt's not the customer that's being "entertained" by AI spyware.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/openai-pentagon-contract-spying/686282/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/25/ai-surveillance-palantir-openai-data/85341278007/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/cia-ai-technology-spies/
It's the fossil fuel industry that is entertained by the conversion of general purpose computing into surveillance platforms.
When a corporation aligns itself with Koch Network, a major funder behind Trump...
https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
stilts@GossiTheDog
"Let me-eeeeee entertain you" -- Satya Nadella... probably. π¨βπ€
"Let me-eeeeee entertain you" -- Satya Nadella... probably. π¨βπ€
AJD@GossiTheDog billions of dollars burned "for entertainment purposes"...
sodiboo 
@GossiTheDog ah yes, Microsoft Copilot 365: my favorite Entertainment Software Suite
modris@GossiTheDog If I want entertainment, I wonβt be asking Copilot, which has been banished from my computers anyway.. So many better ways to entertain myself!
Simon ZerafaSmells like a pending lawsuit in the offing ...
Deb Nam-Krane@GossiTheDog And who among us wasn't already thinking fun and giggles when we were working with Excel?
Cityhallin@GossiTheDog This part makes it sound like a little dictator buddy.
"IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES & WARNINGS...
- WITHOUT LIMITING SECTION 12 OF THE MICROSOFT SERVICES AGREEMENT IN ANY WAY, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND ABOUT COPILOT. For example, we canβt promise that any Copilotβs Responses wonβt infringe someone elseβs rights (like their copyrights, trademarks, or rights of privacy) or defame them. You are solely responsible if you choose to publish or share Copilotβs Responses publicly or with any other person."
Raul@GossiTheDog Well, well. The ideal "productivity booster" for any business-related activity using a Windows PC, which Microslop has been pushing desperately and obsessively onto every Windows user on the planet, in fact even onto hardware, demanding a new key on keyboards from laptop-manufacturing partners, now turns out to be "for entertainment purposes only." Well, well, well, you don't say...
New Microslop motto to expect next ought to be therefore something like: "Entertainment, the new key to business productivity"
Rolle frΓ₯n Degerby πΌ@GossiTheDog so, if my boss tells me to use copilot, can i refuse by pointing out that it's for entertainment purposes only and shouldn't be used for work?
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@GossiTheDog well I do always laugh a lot when people talk about the garbage so π€·πΏββοΈ
jackcole@GossiTheDog Entertaining only if you enjoy masochism.
SasyecatAnd I still won't use it.
Monsieur_Lepetit@GossiTheDog
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Oliver SchafeldIt was named Visual *Studio* Code for a reason.
Code, linter, action! π¬π€
JPeck@GossiTheDog AI will take everyone's jobs, but you can't trust its work.
Solid business plan
Solid business plan
Chad McCullough
AngieCopilot: Securing it's place alongside 1-900 fortune tellers.
"I always need a little entertainment while using ... Notepad."
Raymond RussellTechBro's: AI means you can sack all your staff
TechBro's Lawyers: AI; For entertainment purposes only.
Aria <3 
@GossiTheDog the return of windows games
Flowermob@GossiTheDog I am not entertained!
Niels Abildgaard@GossiTheDog afaik not a recent addition
raffitz@GossiTheDog I do feel like CEOs, CFOs, and heads of HR have been getting tremendous entertainment value out of copilot and workers' suffering, yes.
π₯ Eveline Sulman π³π±πͺπΊπΊπ¦@GossiTheDog but I have better ways to entertain myself...
cauZation@GossiTheDog Looks like Github is going dataming with Copilot.
Nathan Jung@GossiTheDog @64bithero The terms were probably written by Copilot too.
NA@GossiTheDog I mean, they're not wrong.
Lorraine Lee@GossiTheDog Entertainment for a captive audence. Thank dog I run Linux. One of the non-systemd ones.
meduz'@GossiTheDog Well, itβs true that, when skipping all its depressing parts, the AI dramas and absurdities around it can be qualified as entertaining. π