Mozilla adds CoPilot chatbot to Firefox in the latest nightly builds, plus previews new Task and Timer widgets for the New Tab page.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-adding-copilot-chatbot-features?v2
Edited 150d ago
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Trying to move away from the #Microsoft suite (#Word, #Powerpoint, #Excel), mostly because of their forcing of #Copilot on users.
It seems that the choice is between #LibreOffice or #OpenOffice - which one would you recommend that is most compatible with MS formats, has similar functionalities (but with #NoAI ) and is good for collaboration (e.g. can do tracked changes)?
(Best if it works with #Zotero)
Options:
#Microsoft is clearly becoming desperate due to low adoption rates of #Copilot.
Apparently, Microsoft is now pushing Copilot to all #Microsoft365 personal subscribers and calling it a "subscription price increase". Only when you decide to cancel your subscription are you presented with the option to switch to "Microsoft 365 Personal Classic" without Copilot (and nearly the old price). The classic plan is not presented as an option unless you try to cancel your subscription.
This is a classic scammy trick: Modify the existing plan and add the feature no one wants and hide the old plan from view. Presto, now you have an insane adoption rate you can present to investors as a great success.
I personally don't use Microsoft subscription services, so I don't know if they tried this bullshit in the EU, but if they did, they're asking for trouble. They got sued in Australia over this already: https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions "Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptions"
EDIT: It seems that at least in some areas/situations the "classic" non-AI version is actually even more expensive. This isn't exactly making the situation any better of course.
Edited 93d ago
Regarding the last boost: I find LibreOffice to be quite good, it's offline, it's available for Windows if you use that, and it's free. https://www.libreoffice.org
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AISlop #NoAI #Microsoft #Copilot #MicrosoftOffice #LibreOffice #foss
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AISlop #NoAI #Microsoft #Copilot #MicrosoftOffice #LibreOffice #foss
🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft just renamed Office to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app"
All users are now "AI users"
And this will lead to higher prices: https://tuta.com/blog/microsoft-365-price-increase
Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/copilot/articles/microsoft-scales-back-ai-goals-144521568.html
Haaaa haaaa haaaa haaaa haaa!
Disabling #Windows #AI features organization-wide using #GroupPolicy.
This will turn off #Recall (the periodic screenshot service) and #Copilot (the AI assistant service). You can do this pre-emptively even before any machines on your domain are running Windows 11 24H2.
1. Download and install the Windows 11 24H2 administrative template files: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106254
2. Add the files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Group Policy\Windows 11 Sep 2024 Update (24H2)\PolicyDefinitions to C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions on the domain controller.
3. Start Group Policy Management on the domain controller.
4. Create a group policy object with these values:
User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows AI > Turn off Saving Snapshots for Windows = enabled
User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Turn off Windows Copilot = enabled
5. Link the group policy object in at an appropriate level in your domain.
Edited 1y ago
"Yet, it turns out no one is buying Copilot."
#Microsoft #Copilot #AI #KI #Bubble
"But why is Copilot’s growth and/or sales so bad? Well, one study tested these ‘agentic’ AIs, including Copilot, and found that they flat out failed to complete even simple tasks 70% of the time, rendering them somewhere between useless and an active hindrance.
The same is true for Microsoft’s cash baby, ChatGPT."
No shit, sherlock?
https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/the-ai-industry-is-starting-to-unravel
(Danke, Mathias!)
Oh, I forgot: #windows #windows11
Edited 24d ago
这一周试了一下更多 #vibecoding 。
首先所有的coding agent都支持自定义模型，包括连接到本地模型，加上agent其实是本地跑的+开源的，所以只要确保模型用的是自己部署的，就能确保数据的安全性，不过自用的话问题不大。
如果是自用考虑性价比：
- 那么 #codex 用chatgpt plus订阅是最好的，量很大，而且效果也不错，大概8分，但是基于CLI，交互差一些。
如果纯粹从效果角度出发：
- #cursor （每月20USD，但是限制用量也到20+USD，超了就只能用那种mini模型），交互满分，性能9分。
- google #antigravity （用google的ai订阅，限制用量暂时没试过，free tier的用量比较低，写前端目前最强10分，别的差一些，可能是gemini3pro的特性，一个重大交互升级是能自动用浏览器看前端页面，然后模型读取前端截图来提升前端设计效果，写后端效果一般），交互和curosr一个水平也是满分，写后端的性能综合下来可能是7分。
- #claude code（每月20USD，但是注意在国内用如果IP地址泄露可能导致封号），CLI简陋的交互但是比codex好一点点，总体性能是很强的，应该是和cursor一个水平9分。
- #opencode （开源拖拉机，其中想说的是#oh-my-opencode ，拥有这个社区激进的多智能体设计），CLI交互比御三家的cli强很多，但是还是达不到IDE GUI的水平，总体性能如果能用上opus这种sota模型，基本上和cursor一个水平甚至更强（9分），考虑到多智能体一直写，可以做到无托管自己写自己debug一小时。缺点是吃的token比较多，token性价比低。
另外的：
- github #copilot ：设计的不太好，好像上下文限制也较大，主要优势是如果有github教育认证就能一直白嫖订阅，总体性能不及格（5分）。
- jetbrains #junie ：给JB IDE用的coding agent，一开始出的时候试过，基本出于比较糟糕的状态（2分），和模型无关，纯粹是本身设计问题，不知道现在怎么样了。
最近#copilot 正式官方支持 #opencode 了，试了一下额度是每月200次requests，跑了几次之后就用了一半，而且opus 4.5的context window被砍到了128K，动不动就得压缩上下文。但是偶尔用一用还是不亏的，比起浪费了每月额度要好。
RE: https://social.controlnet.space/notes/ahh0hg3cidgt002g
For the longest time I used LibreOffice on Linux and Microsoft Office on Windows, but now I have dumped Microsoft Office for LibreOffice on Windows too.
My blog post explains why, but basically: fuck Microsoft and their shoving of Copilot down our throats. (I also rant about the current AI hype cycle, in case you're interested.)
https://www.insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2025/6/8/switching-mostly-to-libreoffice
⚠️ AI does not belong in your mailbox. ⚠️
Here's why 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/ai-email-writers-review
