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Microsoft Launches Copilot App for Mac

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Microsoft today introduced a new Copilot app designed for Macs, letting Copilot users access the AI companion with a native macOS app.

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Copilot is Microsoft's generative AI product, built on OpenAI technology. Copilot is similar to ChatGPT, and users can have questions answered, get coding help, upload images for context, generate images and text, summarize content, conduct research, launch shortcuts, and more.
Your AI companion is now available on macOS. You can upload images, generate images and text, use the shortcut launcher, dark mode, and try Think Deeper. Microsoft Copilot is the AI companion for everyday life. Talking with Copilot is an easy way to learn, grow and gain confidence, all with the help of OpenAI and Microsoft AI models.
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There are no in-app purchases for Microsoft Copilot, but Copilot does have both free and paid tiers. Copilot Pro is priced at $20 per user per month for access to the latest AI models.


The Microsoft Copilot app can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for free. It can run on all Macs with an Apple silicon chip that have macOS 14 or later. [Direct Link]

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It's great for book suggestions!

Much better than ChatGPT which usually ends up making up titles and descriptions of books which match your ask instead of actually finding real ones.

"Tell me where you found this book it sounds interesting"
"Oh my bad it doesn't exist! Thanks for bringing that up"
 
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I’ve been using Apple Intelligence extensively, and can confirm that it’s far smarter than it was a few months ago. However, there are still hiccups and corrections that need to be performed manually. I say she’s great while supervised, but can’t trust her with my work unsupervised.
 
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Anyone know if this uses the M365 version of Copilot if you log in with an enterprise M365 account? Or does this app only use the free/consumer version of Copilot?
 
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ShivneelSingh said:
I’ve been using Apple Intelligence extensively, and can confirm that it’s far smarter than it was a few months ago. However, there are still hiccups and corrections that need to be performed manually. I say she’s great while supervised, but can’t trust her with my work unsupervised.
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Could you give examples of current capabilities?

I’m struggling with it, but I wonder if I’m just holding it wrong not using it in a way that leverages its strengths.
 
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BigBlur said:
Anyone know if this uses the M365 version of Copilot if you log in with an enterprise M365 account? Or does this app only use the free/consumer version of Copilot?
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Sort of. You confirm it is enterprise and then it open into a web app with your appls on the left side of the screen. You can track your team, code, co-create, etc. It gives you options, but you're in a web wrapper.
 
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tweaknmod said:
Could you give examples of current capabilities?

I’m struggling with it, but I wonder if I’m just holding it wrong not using it in a way that leverages its strengths.
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Mostly experimenting with writing tools. But again, I think you just need to use it, make corrections, then she learns how you’d like things to sound.
 
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Like a virus you can't seem to shake.

The best that one can do is disable it in Office. No way to remove the icon.
 
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AusMness said:
Why do we need this
Apple Intelligence exists.. just use that, it’s so much better
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It’s a jab from Microsoft to Apple to show them they’re way ahead. And to be fair… who isn’t these days. They all have a perfect personal assistant that’s useful, we have Siri 🤐
 
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HJM.NL said:
It’s a jab from Microsoft to Apple to show them they’re way ahead. And to be fair… who isn’t these days. They all have a perfect personal assistant that’s useful, we have Siri 🤐
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They’re not ahead though, that’s just it.
Is copilot nearly entirely on-device and therefore infinitely secure and private?
Is copilot capable of recognizing your personal context and making decisions based on it?
Is copilot 100% free?
 
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I started using Copilot less and less since Suleyman took charge of it. It really pales in comparison to its former self. Every now and then I give it another go, but now you can't even rename the conversations—and I really hate when a product loses functionalities.
 
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What? They have entirely different functions. Siri is far less useful ATM than an llm.
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Apple is working on LLMs (and bits and pieces are available now through PCC), and while we wait at the very least we have GPT as a fallback.. though if you use Siri correctly you shouldn’t need GPT to pick up the slack.
 
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