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  • jdlshore 2 hours ago
    What is/was Copilot on mobile and on XBox? I can’t keep track of all the different things Microsoft now calls “Copilot.”

    It’s interesting that so many execs with a GenAI background are joining a gaming console division, and seemingly moving away from GenAI. Gamers are pretty hostile to GenAI, too.

    Edit: As nhinck2 says below, all the new execs came with the new CEO from her CoreAI division. So maybe not so interesting after all.

    • favorited 2 hours ago
      It was supposed to be Copilot, with access to your Xbox account. So you could ask it things like "what achievements do I have in [game]?" It would also know what game you were playing, and answer questions like, "I'm stuck on [puzzle], give me a hint," etc.

      The "on mobile" part was that it would be integrated into the Xbox mobile app.

      (I say "supposed to be" because it was just a beta, and hadn't even made it to consoles yet – just PC and mobile.)

      • crowcroft 1 hour ago
        One turn away from 'Hey Copilot can you play my game for me'.
        • cma 1 hour ago
          It doesn't sound too different than things like the Nintendo Power Hotline.
          • Larrikin 1 hour ago
            But this was replaced by Segasages/Gamefaqs. There are a lot of gamers now that will make a YouTube video about it. Seems like a replacement for no reason.
          • DANmode 1 hour ago
            That…might have actually been what they were missing, that usecase…
        • mc32 1 hour ago
          Where the other player asked the same thing so Copilot has to play against itself...
        • hnisforrtards 3 minutes ago
          [dead]
      • 3eb7988a1663 48 minutes ago
        I have never used it, but many games on Playstation offer a kind of Hint function accessible from within the platform.
        • cryzinger 31 minutes ago
          I've used those occasionally and they seem to be a mix of official guides and user-submitted video clips, but it's not clear where the user-submitted clips come from.
    • sidewndr46 2 minutes ago
      isn't Copilot just whatever Microsoft needs it to be this week?
    • nhinck2 2 hours ago
      Well, one person moved and then brought a bunch of people with them.
  • sudofail 2 hours ago
    Sounds promising! Hope she can turn things around.