In reply to a post by jchamier:

Note Apple Intelligence has a BETA tag on the icon.

, still under beta er?

Which Windows version and type have you experienced the problem?

10, on my own machine and Windows 11 on someone else

It is scattered all over the place, you open the browser it is there, you have it in their search , take so much time to disable it all.
Not that I use Edge myself,

They are also changing the name of the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 CoPilot soon...

I'm not sure why suddenly there is a fuss about these things. AI such as Siri, Alexa, etc. has been present for years.

Adrian somewhat famously, has without doubt expressed (ceetainly publicly in fora like this) for years if not decades his desire to not have **anything** ‘imposed’ on him - until he’s good and well ready to “step off” - kind of like his outright rejection, slow burn warming to and finally acceptance of FTTP for example. 😎😉

You’re a legend Adrian. 👍

In reply to a post by ian72:

They are also changing the name of the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 CoPilot soon...

Not a surprise at all, not that it bothers me as I have intention of MS 365 in any form. But, I do think people should have a choice if they don't want the AI rubbish.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

I'm not sure why suddenly there is a fuss about these things. AI such as Siri, Alexa, etc. has been present for years.

Not really the same, Siri, Alexa and so on is not that advance and also not going to be taking I don't think Alexa or Siri is going to be used for customer service anytime soon, even with new AI.

The main problem is this new Ai makes mistakes, if people come to rely on it, a mistake could be a disaster.

It is also pushed onto people much more than what Alexa and siri and Google Assistant was. It is all AI this, Ai that.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Adrian somewhat famously, has without doubt expressed (ceetainly publicly in fora like this) for years if not decades his desire to not have **anything** ‘imposed’ on him - until he’s good and well ready to “step off” - kind of like his outright rejection, slow burn warming to and finally acceptance of FTTP for example. 😎😉

You’re a legend Adrian. 👍

That is true, I will do things my way and at the speed I want to if I want to, I will not be pushed or forced into something I don't need or want, unless I have little or no choice.
Look at fibre, I had no interest in it and still don't need the supduper speed it offers, plusnet pushed and pushed, but in the end they pushed me away. Yeah, I still got fibre, but on a different network.

Labelling it “Beta” and making it optional / opted-out by default is the right approach here I think. 🤔

In reply to a post by ian72:

They are also changing the name of the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 CoPilot soon...

Since its mostly an advert for 365 and not actually any use (I advise people to uninstall) it won't be a big thing. Unless you like using the web versions in a frame that isn't your chosen browser.

Modest update on real world use, a doc for a client written rather too late at night to be wise...

Proffrede: mostly a very good job, but one instance of replacing a correct UK English spelling with a US version (but Word caught that). Reported that one. One incorrect factual change (although understandable - replaced a pre-Roman name with the Romanised version). Hummed'n'mumbled for a bit and then reported that one too for lols.