It's no news to anyone that Microsoft is doing everything in its power to “force” Windows users to use the new tools based on Artificial Intelligence that Copilot has brought to the table.
However, despite being based on the same exact technology, users seem to still prefer to use ChatGPT separately. Why? Well, Microsoft needs to understand whether it's a problem on the users' side, or on its own.
It could even be both, since Copilot's focus is not to be the same as ChatGPT. In fact, the objective of Copilot is in the name, if it were to do everything alone, the name would be autopilot.
Windows: Users prefer ChatGPT to Copilot. Why?
Therefore, in recent months, Copilot has been silently but quickly installed on every Windows 11-based computer on the face of the earth. Furthermore, Microsoft has also launched a Pro version of Copilot to not only offer more AI capabilities, but also begin to monetize all the investment it has made in OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT.
This is because, in case you didn't know, the technology that gives life to Copilot is exactly the same that gives life to OpenAI's ChatGPT. In fact, if you go to Bing, you will even have access to a more recent version of ChatGPT, with access to information from the Microsoft search engine.
Still, Windows 11 users spend their lives comparing and asking what the hell is wrong with the two platforms being so different.
Are there differences?
Well, actually yes, Copilot for Microsoft 365 is based on the OpenAI model for Azure infrastructure. This in turn combines OpenAI's LLM with the data present on the servers that bring Microsoft apps to life. Therefore, despite being more efficient in certain use cases, Copilot ends up being more restrictive than ChatGPT in many others. Especially since Copilot does not store user data on the server.
Microsoft blames users' lack of dexterity!
In addition to stating that users do not realize that they are different use cases. Microsoft also claims that these same users do not know how to make requests to the artificial intelligence engine.
It is a co-pilot, not an auto-pilot. You need to know how to work with it.
However, to try to improve the situation, Microsoft partnered with BrainStorm. This is to offer training and guides, to try to teach how to use Copilot.