WORD JUST TRIED TO LOG ME INTO COPILOT WITHOUT ASKING WTAF i just reopened word and it was just there ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE - ThreadSky

bookspotlight.bsky.social • 41 days ago

WORD JUST TRIED TO LOG ME INTO COPILOT WITHOUT ASKING WTAF

i just reopened word and it was just there ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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vancitymike.com•41 days ago

terath-ninir.bsky.social•41 days ago

He don't look so bad any more in comparison,.

eagleneedle.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes just another annoying peice of MS crap. Copilot and Edge keep on pissing me off.

spgill.me•40 days ago

Microsoft is trying so hard to make copilot happen... Probably because they've invested dump trucks of money into it and nobody likes it 😂

torettox84.com•40 days ago

If you have a Microsoft365 plan there's a fun surprise for you in your subscription setting.

You're now paying extra for CoPilot and have to downgrade to a plan without it (called "Basic") or pay about €3 a month more.

boofshitto.bsky.social•40 days ago

AI-era corporations will be the death of us. Damn I hate that stuff.

hfyou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ok, so it's in my Word, too. But just sitting there, it hasn't done anything. Do I need to remove it? I'm never going to use it, but like I said, it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

It'll still be training off your writing and recording that data and burning through water and electricity, so I wouldn't :/

hfyou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Holy shit, it's recording my writing?!? Alright, searching for the off button.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yeah, it's training off your writing to 'predict it' 🙃

hfyou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Definitely disabling that then. Thank you!

thatdisasterauthor.bsky.social•41 days ago

Me fighting gmails new stupid AI features today. Stop it stop it stop it.

katephyre.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is why I keep my windows 7 laptop limping forward.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

i'm still on 10 and it keep telling me i won't get updates after october. LIKE MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING

faeprincessinspace.bsky.social•40 days ago

I just miss the talking paperclip. Does that make me old?

somewhatpointless.bsky.social•40 days ago

Now that would be a chat gpt interface we can all enjoy!

theveganbutcher.bsky.social•40 days ago

No. But it makes me suspect you only ever saw it, and didn’t use it enough to really understand the reason why people hate it. Fucker was OBTRUSIVE. The Navi of office productivity.

faeprincessinspace.bsky.social•40 days ago

Very fair. I was in school when he was at the height of popularity(?!) so watching the paperclip dance and do stuff instead of writing my essays was absolutely the only real thing I remember about it 😹 I imagine if you were a adult with an actual job to do, he would have been awful 😹

tbcart.bsky.social•41 days ago

Likewise I did the same. Amazing to me that the big tech cos have just decided to jam this shit down our throats. Google is he worst. Half the time, their AI answer to my question is dead wrong. Imagine if regular google did that.

catmemesplease.bsky.social•41 days ago

Half?

Wow.

They’re on a hot streak with your searches.

tbcart.bsky.social•41 days ago

lol. It really is awful. Baffling to me that they think this is the future

lykanprince.bsky.social•41 days ago

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Just save the headache and use this

thegayfrogs.bsky.social•39 days ago

I know it's not an option for everyone, but Linux is legitimately becoming an easier and easier switch. With distros like Mont and Fedora with Plasma, they're very windows like while still ditching all the gross Microsoft'ness

phillip-rees.bsky.social•40 days ago

When copilot rises from the dead after an update there's this:

https://www.overleaf.com/

Overleaf has publication quality output without having to go from word to DTP to tidy things up. When I get to the point of hiring a freelance editor I'll be upgrading to the paid plan to track changes with them.

phillip-rees.bsky.social•40 days ago

What I like about Overleaf is that it while it has the option of AI assistance it very explicitly does not use your text to train models and the whole AI thing can be switched off with the click of one button.

mouser76.bsky.social•41 days ago

*points to Libre Office*

https://www.libreoffice.org

chaxinitus.bsky.social•41 days ago

I hate to burst your bubble because I literally just did this one to myself as well

Was about to get it up and running on my end because I've had that on the backburner and decided to check, sure enough...

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/16/localwriter-a-libreoffice-writer-extension-for-local-generative-ai/

blotz.dev•40 days ago

Not advocating for either option, use what ever software works for you. But I wanna point out that the extension written by an independent developer. It's like a chrome extension

chaxinitus.bsky.social•40 days ago

My issue is, at the end of the day, this is a spokesperson for the company putting a spotlight on it, if it was just that it existed, yeah fine whatever, it's open-source, this is a level of acceptance and advertisement of it though

blotz.dev•40 days ago

good point! that's completely valid

mouser76.bsky.social•41 days ago

Only thing in their favor is that it's an extension and not built in. Other software doesn't give you a choice. 🤷‍♂️

liaskwerklooi.bsky.social•41 days ago

yeah, everything has a new annoying ✨ button separate from the others, blinking to get your attention, impossible to hide in settings

mouser76.bsky.social•41 days ago

Dammit. Thanks.

dyre.bsky.social•41 days ago

The amount of times they reference users for the reason it exists, and how it is 'entirely optional', shows they don't want it. So it's unlikely it'll ever be part of the software. Do I want to set the extension on fire and curse the names of all who asked for it? Yes, but at least it's optional.

kennethbykerk.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yup, that was my annoyance this evening. Turned that damn thing OFF!

max0206.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is just another case of Microsoft pushing products on consumers who really don’t want them. They put it into your OS whether or not you want it…

gregblee.ca•39 days ago

In end-stage capitalist software, you're being monetized, whether you agree or not.

chloevz.bsky.social•41 days ago

Try Only Office sometime, it's great and nearly identical to Word in UI and functionality. Open source, no spyware, no AI and it actually runs decently!

vonneely.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm sorry Dave but I can't do that.

edivimo.bsky.social•41 days ago

How I imagined you in the minutes you were struggling to disable copilot.

heartiowa.bsky.social•41 days ago

I also fought with Word for THREE FUCKING HOURS today just to write a four-page report. I used to live on Word as a reporter and editor. It was easy to use and chocked full of helpful tools. Now retired, I seldom use it. Gads, it’s changed into a unintuitive, clumsy, frustrating tool.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

this is a very accurate depiction

emilysenefeld.bsky.social•41 days ago

Now Getting ads for Microsoft AI on my work pc screen saver when I’m not even logged in

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

literally me right now

chaxinitus.bsky.social•41 days ago

... Well shit, I *was* gonna finally get around to getting LibreOffice and also tossing out a recommendation for it, but I just checked and now *they're* looking at making a genAI extension so fuck that I guess, used to respect them

italiandragon.bsky.social•41 days ago

Oh ffs, I was hoping they wouldn't jump on the bandeagon like Microsoft...

indulis.bsky.social•41 days ago

Any AI extension/plugin to Libreoffice isn't going to shove itself down your throat, no reason too NOT have an option if someone wants to use it. If it did, someone would just fork a new version without it. Gotta love open source.

chaxinitus.bsky.social•41 days ago

I mean for sure it's not gonna be AS bad, my issue is more just that that's a spokeperson for LIbreOffice going "Yeah we're helping integrate AI" so like

Sure it's not in your face, but it's still openly being accepted and assisted by the company as opposed to JUST third party

bleachedthorns.bsky.social•41 days ago

i spent 2 weeks trying to find a way to get rid of copilot off my system. its not possible. i knew shit like this would happen. and then after "microsoft recall" or w/e they called it, that literal spyware garbage, i spent 2 months researching everything linux
Never looking back

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

I disabled it! It's in the options, hidden area :O

bleachedthorns.bsky.social•41 days ago

oh no i mean, uninstall copilot itself. you can disable it from M-word, and you can hide it away from your taskbar, but i wanted that bloatware-garbage fully GONE. I am morally anti-AI and it was pretty much the last straw for me not being able to uninstall copilot lol

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

oooh, i get ya i get ya <3

knitemare.bsky.social•40 days ago

He's back! But now with an LLM behind him.

leeburton.bsky.social•41 days ago

1. Hi, so, I went through this same BS earlier today.

First, I see that you've gone into the options and disabled Copilot. There's also a section in the privacy settings to disable all related settings.

leeburton.bsky.social•41 days ago

2. But most importantly, I learned I was getting this Copilot crap b/c Microsoft had "upgraded" me from the $80/year CAD model to the $115.00/year CAD plan.

I had to manage and update my Word 365 subscription to what they're now calling "365 Classic."

Check it out & make sure you're not paying.

leeburton.bsky.social•41 days ago

They didn't ask about this "upgrade." And thus far it seems the only difference is you get the privilege of availing of CoPilot.

hfyou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Holy crap, that explains a lot on my end, too.

rougeaerie.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is such insidious garbage and I swear it can't be legal in a lot of countries. Surely there's some kind of requirement for declaring these sorts of "upgrades" before they're implemented.

jmkeep.bsky.social•40 days ago

What the fuck.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

rikabel69.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yay!

michellefranklin.bsky.social•41 days ago

If it doesn't go away, download an old version of Word and use offline mode. You'll have Clippy, but he's better than Ai trash.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

I went into account options and disabled it manually, but the fact that it DIDN'T EVEN ASK

michellefranklin.bsky.social•41 days ago

It will try to reinstall itself after every update. Just keep deleting it.

brit2can.bsky.social•41 days ago

We shouldn't have to be this vigilant all the time. I want a piss off and die button.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

like can it not just fuck off

pamshaw.bsky.social•41 days ago

It's impossible to get rid of by either uninstalling or disabling. Thanks to January 15 update in my case.

samgeimer.bsky.social•41 days ago

Me too, nope

greeshu.bsky.social•40 days ago

Libre office.

loriganderson.bsky.social•40 days ago

Scream into the Ether “God is my copilot!” It confuses Word into trying to argue for or against a Supreme Being, so you can get on with your work!

milkglider.bsky.social•41 days ago

Download Open Office

rickycallwood.bsky.social•41 days ago

If Microsoft ever asks why I ditched them for GNU/Linux and LibreOffice, add this to the list. I used to spend 3 weeks disabling shit every time Word was upgraded.

shenannigans.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is why I refuse to install Windows 11 I don't want all my apps to just change and start putting spyware in

ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social•40 days ago

Come... come to the LibreOffice side of the force

chkgrz.bsky.social•39 days ago

We have cookies.

atomkatze.bsky.social•41 days ago

WordPerfect is still available.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

oh i don't know this one

atomkatze.bsky.social•41 days ago

It was The Word Processor before Micro$oft successfully pushed them off that pedestal in the late 80s. But they still make a program.

rimwellc.bsky.social•41 days ago

Oh I loved WordPerfect. Didn't know they still existed. I taught that to folks at Lockheed Martin a million years ago. 🙂

atomkatze.bsky.social•41 days ago

I believe it's currently owned by Corel, but it's still a viable alternative to M$.

rimwellc.bsky.social•41 days ago

Mac version?

strawstackrch.bsky.social•41 days ago

I’ve always felt that typing in a word document is equally hard as flying a plane, and wondered why the government doesn’t insist that a copilot be present at all times for safety

jshowa.bsky.social•40 days ago

This never happens to me on Debian.

brit2can.bsky.social•41 days ago

It almost happened to me today. I am trying really hard to stay away from it. Way too much is known already in the data mining, I am sure as hell not going to make it easier for them.

dyre.bsky.social•41 days ago

LibreOffice will never do this to you. Just sayin'... >.>

seraphrdm.bsky.social•40 days ago

JFC. The fact that these companies are trying to be SLICK about their AI insertions REALLY is something

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

it's downright exhausting

timbert.bsky.social•41 days ago

I also ran into this. Could not disable it, but once I started typing it went away. Really, really put out by the invasiveness of this!

nioxic.bsky.social•40 days ago

as far as i can work out you can disable it within privacy settings (I dont have it here though so i cannot confirm)

phoenix-reborn.bsky.social•41 days ago

"It looks like you're trying to do something. Can I help?"

*crash*

eriskallisti.bsky.social•40 days ago

I use yWriter
No AI just writing
https://spacejock.com

emmalynnmn.bsky.social•41 days ago

This shit shoed up today for me too and I can't find any way to disable it. They have also "helpfully" upgraded my plan so when it renews, it renews at a much higher amount.

If I didn't need this for work, I'd be back to pen and paper.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

Here!
https://bsky.app/profile/bookspotlight.bsky.social/post/3lfvr6xunxs2a

emmalynnmn.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thanks! I looked for that but I don't have that option. I tried going to my actual Microsoft account too and there is no way for me to remove it there either. It appears to be all or noting for me

leeburton.bsky.social•40 days ago

I had this same issue. I had a post or two that I deleted, as it made me question my sanity, because the option showed up in the menu later in the day.

Meanwhile, might be an idea to ensure MS hasn't "upgraded" you from the "365 Personal Classic" to the "Personal" which is an extra $30/year.

emmalynnmn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh yeah, they did that too. Fortunately, I am on the yearly plan which renewed in December so I got in on the old price but yeah, I will be looking for alternatives. Every time I see that stupid prompt at the beginning of EVERY new paragraph I get more and more pissed 🙃

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

oh my gosh nooooo

emmalynnmn.bsky.social•41 days ago

The only saving grace I've found so far is that it is automatically inactivated in Excel unless I have AutoSave on.

boulevaardvark.bsky.social•41 days ago

I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.

diannalgunn.bsky.social•41 days ago

EW EW EW

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

FYI, to disable:

vermintamimarie.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you!!!

virtualsynth.bsky.social•41 days ago

Oh, this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I get signed into Copilot automatically when I sign into my college’s portal. Drives me batty.

vikkipatis.bsky.social•40 days ago

📌

scarletcheshire.bsky.social•41 days ago

I think if you navigate to add/remove programs, you should be able to uninstall copilot completely if ur an admin

sharonmc.bsky.social•38 days ago

This is the way. Thank you.

danifinnwrites.bsky.social•41 days ago

📌

zyearth.com•40 days ago

Wish I had that. 🙃 My settings doesn't have the copilot option, yet it keeps showing up in all my Microsoft programs!

Currently in the process of moving EVERYTHING OFF because even if it is disabled, I don't trust it not to be scraping.

whirloglyphics.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you i hate that mfer.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•41 days ago

same homie

alexsearle.bsky.social•41 days ago

Bless you.

cicraigo.bsky.social•40 days ago

It doesn't look like this on my Mac?? Even though Help says it should? Any Mac folks out there who can help?

cicraigo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Found some instructions here: https://bsky.app/profile/malindalo.bsky.social/post/3lfupltsr522t

cicraigo.bsky.social•40 days ago

...all of the boxes stayed unchecked but the damn copilot symbol is still polluting each line I'm trying to write.

cicraigo.bsky.social•40 days ago

@microsoft.com, I do not need a copilot. Please make it possible for me to remove this distracting and intrusive "feature."

andrewcrumey.bsky.social•37 days ago

Now how do I stop Outlook suggesting I "try drafting with Copilot"??

bookspotlight.bsky.social•37 days ago

😭😭😭

alioop7.bsky.social•40 days ago

Bless you!

spacemagepress.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ah, that explains why I haven't had that problem. I did that the moment I got Word last year.

dmyoungblood.bsky.social•40 days ago

Same.

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

weaver.wtf•41 days ago

Opening Word up like…

joannepaulson.bsky.social•40 days ago

OMG THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY LITTLE HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

joannepaulson.bsky.social•40 days ago

YOU MADE MY DAY!
This just happened to me yesterday, but I was so busy I couldn't attack it (you know, Google options for murdering it) and it was driving me BATS!!!!!
I LOVE YOU!

bookspotlight.bsky.social•40 days ago

I GOTCHU <3 <3

joannepaulson.bsky.social•40 days ago

serraleta.bsky.social•41 days ago

Can they just not? No one loves AI more than its investors. It's already intrusive enough, leave us alone!

vistaristudios.bsky.social•41 days ago

I stopped using Word some time ago and haven't looked back. With the way Microsoft is going, I doubt I'll ever use a current version of any Office product again.

I've been using Atlantis for my writing and I'm happy with it. I don't need more tech in my word processor, I'd prefer less.

ddwardiswriting.bsky.social•41 days ago

I looked up Atlantis. Their website is chock full of AI art.

vistaristudios.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks for pointing that out to me, though! I certainly won't be promoting them further if they're using AI all over their website.

ddwardiswriting.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

vistaristudios.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dammit... I hate that. That wasn't something I noticed when I first downloaded their software a couple of years ago. I don't think it was there then. *sigh*

There's no AI in the software itself though, to the best of my knowledge. I've been using it for a couple of years & it's fairly low-tech

ddwardiswriting.bsky.social•40 days ago

At a glance it looks like theyre using it for illustrations only.

vistaristudios.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yeah, but if they're okay with using it for that, what else are they okay with? And what will they do in the future?

I'll be thinking twice before recommending them again. Just, ack... :(

The more AI is shoved down our throats, the more valuable low-tech and old school software will be

twitchym3dic.bsky.social•41 days ago

I was so pissed when it showed up in Word today. I’ve been working on an extremely large document and suddenly copilot was there. It was tying up resources that I needed to edit the document and giving me the blue spinning wheel. I disabled that right quick.

smoking-gnu.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sounds like a perfect time to stop using word and start using something else not infected with AI crap.

torettox84.com•40 days ago

But those alternatives suck for other reasons that aren't AI.
I've tried them all and in the end of the day Word is both a complete overkill bad solutions which is less worse than the other solutions for me.

voltbug.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'd start getting familiar with using alternatives anywas before Microsoft makes a change that you can't stand, because it's clear that they haven't been listening to the end users.

smoking-gnu.bsky.social•40 days ago

Exactly.