Microsoft's AI Copilot is coming to your messaging apps, starting with Telegram

Date:
Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:33 +0000

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Love or hate Microsoft's Copilot, prepare to see it all over your messaging apps, beginning with Telegram.

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Whether you love or hate Microsofts Copilot AI, there could be no escaping it soon as it has recently been spotted crawling around messaging apps, specifically Telegram. Microsoft seems to have sneakily introduced Copilot into the messaging app, allowing Telegram users to experience it firsthand.

According to Windows Latest , the move is part of a new project from
Microsoft dubbed copilot-for-social, which is an initiative to bring generative AI to social media apps. The Copilot bot seems to currently work
in Telegram in the US and UK (and possibly other regions). Its available for free, although it requires your phone number to work. (Image credit: Future)

You can find the bot by typing in @CopilotOfficialBot into Telegrams search bar, whereupon a new message thread will open and Copilot will give you the rundown of everything it can do. Keep in mind that there is a query limit of 30 questions a day, but given that you dont need to create a separate account and its all completely free, thats not a bad setup.

Copilot appears to work similarly to how you use it on a PC. The AI can also be used on the desktop, phone and web versions of Telegram. Great, I hate it

From what we understand the reason why you need to verify your phone number
to enable Copilot in Telegram is to stop people within the EU from gaining access (likely due to data regulations and stricter laws in that region).
Were sure in time that EU users will have the chance to try it out, but as of now, theyre going to have to wait.

Copilot may be exciting news to some , but others may not like the idea of
an AI having access to their messaging app (there could be trust issues for some Telegram users, wed imagine). Furthermore, this does give me flashbacks to Snapchats AI chatbot , a rather bizarre affair that died as quickly as it popped up.

It seems like generative AI chatbots are becoming harder and harder to
escape, as Telegram surely will not be the end of Copilots mobile integration plans. Microsoft could also push for integration with WhatsApp, Messenger and more, which I would find unbearable frankly.

Hopefully, Microsoft will stick with the non-invasive setup that Copilot
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/microsofts-ai-copi lot-is-coming-to-your-messaging-apps-starting-with-telegram


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