I should state for the record that I think LLMs and other forms of AI have some valid and worthwhile uses, and that *none* of them should be tied to big tech or capitalism.

See things like:
- accessibility
- some types of research
- spell-check and predictive keyboards
- spam/scam filtering

Please tell me this is made up. I'm starting to read posts on Microslop, so I'm guessing it is real, but I do have a tiny bit of hope that MICROS~1 didn't do something this stupid...

Ah, who am I kidding, this is Microsoft. In fact the same Microsoft of the free webmail service "Outlook", of the mail client "Outlook" and of the webmail for Exchange "Outlook", and I'm probably forgetting something else they've named "Outlook" too. So naming choices certainly aren't their strong suit.

#Microslop

@draeath @autolycos I personally rarely use a tool like these in MS Office or LibO and, yeah, most of the time it's either plain text or \LaTeX.

(To me, the selling point is that I can work on "documents" in the text editor.)

... also, dark blue on a dark background? (especially the image/icon on the second screenshot, but the heading on the first is also not really standing out much from the background)

Or is my display or GPU somehow mangling these colors?

@njsg @draeath I used LaTex to write my CV a few years ago.

I had a peer review it and, well, I haven't touched LaTex since

office was their biggest brand besides windows. Killing that brand for a AI app that not many people are interested in probably won't work out so well.

But it's a bold move... Just not a smart one imo

Oh my god, is that abstract graphic representing AI tying the office suite together a paperclip??!

Microslop 365 Copilot app (formerly Office): RETURN OF CLIPPY

don't be silly, alice

microsoft don't have balls

My company had to disable Teams video recording and transcription services bc of the copilot stuff, due to security concerns. It's been more than a year and we haven't gotten it back.

This stuff is being shoved down our throats and major organizations are unable to use it bc it's so unsafe. It's making these applications pure bloatware/malware.

Honestly, it's a good time for new developers to enter the space with non-enshittified products.

There seems to be some confusion about whether it's real or not. This site insists that it's a misunderstanding rather than a rebranding of the whole office suite:

office-watch.com/2026/microsof…

@njsg

Microsoft 365 has NOT been renamed “Microsoft 365 Copilot” - Office Watch

Ignore the social media 'experts', Microsoft has not renamed Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 Copilot. A year-old name change is only now being used as 'evidence'

^{Office-Watch.com (Office Watch)}

@njsg

I agree: Microsoft is terrible at naming things. Either it uses one name for everything (formerly Explorer, now Copilot) or it can't decide what one product is called for more than ten minutes at a time (Office being an obvious example).

Wait... is that... CLIPPY hiding there in plain sight? Is Microsoft finally admitting that copilot is just another useless, annoying, pushy distraction getting in the way?

"You look like you're trying to write something meaningful! Would you like me to replace that with the average of a million strangers shitposting on the Internet?"

#Microsoft #AI #LLM #Copilot #Clippy