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Microsoft has really screwed up on branding yet again. Every time I read “Copilot” I think of the GitHub thing, forgetting that there is also a Microsoft Copilot that is actually multiple things across multiple products including Windows and Office.

It’s also a website like ChatGPT apparently? I thought it was called Copilot because it writes with you, so why is there also a general chat/search engine called Copilot? Jesus.

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I think you may be confusing Microsoft Copilot with Microsoft365 Copilot? The first doesn’t give you access to Microsoft Copilot Studio but that might also be available with Microsoft Copilot Pro.

My confusion has only increased.

They have even renamed Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Yes. Microsoft Office.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/01/18/microsoft-just-rena...

Yeah that's not going to work.

I believe you might be confusing Copilot Search with Copilot+? Which is of course different from Copilot Pro though not necessarily entirely distinct.

And Sam Altman thought that they were bad at naming things. Good thing they were bought up by the king of naming things. /s

Edit: They are doubling down on bad naming conventions so hard that it makes me think it's some kind of dark pattern sales strategy..

Classic HN psychology would say: Occam's razor would suggest mediocrity before an elaborate dark pattern scheme.

And I would agree with them in this case.

I agree with you but i also think mediocrity and semi accidental dark patterns can go hand in hand. In a "if it sells don't fix it" kind of way.

Someone within Microsoft really needs to forward this entire thread over to their marketing department.

You just made me realize Copilot does not always refer to (Microsoft's) Github Copilot ... apparently.

I call the GitHub Copilot "Copilot" and the Microsoft Copilot "Bing/Copilot." I address it as that in my prompts. It works pretty well for me.

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