Microsoft Copilot terms of service have been updated to include this gem: "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only."

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

Microsoft 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/

[jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt]

@GossiTheDog the same that is part of Microslop Office? The office suite used by millions upon millions of public administration workers? No way!

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

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[ph7831@pouet.chapril.org]

@GossiTheDog Aren't you entertained?

[mgarvey@corteximplant.com]

@GossiTheDog Wow that was the best laugh of the year so far. Thanks!

[marymaraskittenbakery@troet.cafe]

@GossiTheDog

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog Lawyers covering their butts.

[tinmouth@infosec.exchange]

@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@cville.online]

@GossiTheDog they’re just a bunch of silly guys making silly toys!

[womble@infosec.exchange]

@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?

[wolvericcatkin@tech.lgbt]

@GossiTheDog
April 1st ToS update...?

[jer@chirp.enworld.org]

@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!

[jer@chirp.enworld.org]

@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

[mugsysrapsheet@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog
"Entertainment"??? 🤨

Me: "CoPilot: What was the capitol of East Germany?"

CoPilot: "Okay. Two dogs walk into a beer hall in East Berlin..."

[stiiin@infosec.space]

@GossiTheDog "These Terms don’t 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.

[stiiin@infosec.space]

@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.

[dirkhh@hachyderm.io]

@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?

[the5thcolumnist@mstdn.ca]

@GossiTheDog

Does that mean it will be banned in workplaces like video games because workers should be working not entertaining themselves ?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus@cyberplace.social]

@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?

[screwturn@mastodon.social]

@PH7831

Verily!

@GossiTheDog