You can't turn off Copilot in the web versions of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint

Post by johnisgood » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 8:36 AM UTC

vee-kay wrote: post #15

mainecoder wrote: post #6

please can we have a no AI button perhaps with regulation even when using AI if someone does not want it temporarily it can be toggled off but they need AI was used by X % of users and millions of times metrics for promo so NO

AI LLMs are not profitable because they are not the product, we are the product (our data - our information, our privacy, our identity, our needs, our desires, our family photos/videos, etc.). So no, the AI "feature" cannot be turned off, because it needs to be active and continuously spying on us and leeching our data to "train" them to spy better and more intrusively. All so we get targeted ads everywhere that are…

Post by rcxdude » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 9:28 AM UTC

benterix wrote: post #42

sershe wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work in MSFT although not in office org. Based on my experience, the reason is far more trivial. Someone has a half year goal (KR) that says I/my team will increase engagement by N% from X to Y. Some people, whom I don't respect, when presented with a goal like that immediately start doing this (tfa) kind of stuff. Many people, when towards the end of the period some of their genuine (i.e. delivering good stuff) be…

> "increase engagement" It's hard to follow for me. Increase engagement in... office apps? For why?!

Post by moritzwarhier » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC

sershe wrote: post #38

normalaccess wrote: post #25

That's because AIs can't survive by eating their own output. The only solution they know to ward off model collapse is more human input. They need you to use AI to feed the beast. And if it's built into your office apps, they get that data for free. That's part of why every service and system are getting integrations, It's not for us it's for data harvesting. In the end that's what "Windows Recall" will be used for.…

I work in MSFT although not in office org. Based on my experience, the reason is far more trivial. Someone has a half year goal (KR) that says I/my team will increase engagement by N% from X to Y. Some people, whom I don't respect, when presented with a goal like that immediately start doing this (tfa) kind of stuff. Many people, when towards the end of the period some of their genuine (i.e. delivering good stuff) be…

Post by soupfordummies » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:15 PM UTC

benterix wrote: post #42

sershe wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work in MSFT although not in office org. Based on my experience, the reason is far more trivial. Someone has a half year goal (KR) that says I/my team will increase engagement by N% from X to Y. Some people, whom I don't respect, when presented with a goal like that immediately start doing this (tfa) kind of stuff. Many people, when towards the end of the period some of their genuine (i.e. delivering good stuff) be…

> "increase engagement" It's hard to follow for me. Increase engagement in... office apps? For why?!

Post by NemoNobody » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 5:17 PM UTC

hagbard_c wrote: post #14

mainecoder wrote: post #6

please can we have a no AI button perhaps with regulation even when using AI if someone does not want it temporarily it can be toggled off but they need AI was used by X % of users and millions of times metrics for promo so NO

There is a crude version of such a button but it might no be what you want: the No Microsoft button. It behaves just like its siblings, the No Google , No Apple and all the other No ${undesirable_company} buttons. As long as you allow any of those companies access to your data they will be used for whatever purposes they consider beneficial to their competitiveness and/or bottom lines. Should this be found it it gene…