• Michal@programming.dev
      6·
      2 days ago

      It’s their AI brand 🤷‍♂️ like Samsung calling their android devices Galaxy, and Apple adding i to everything

      • SaraTonin@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        FWIW, the last time Apple released a new product with the prefix “i” was the iPad in 2010. They favour “Apple” now, as in “Apple Watch”, “Apple TV”, and “Apple Vision Pro”.

        They found that you can’t copyright/trademark “i” as a prefix in and of itself. That means that while nobody else can bring out a product called “iPhone” or “iPod”, they absolutely can bring out a product called, say, “iLaptop”. And that’s what people did for all kinds of products, hoping that people would buy them, mistakenly thinking they were Apple products.

        So Apple abandoned it as branding on everything that wasn’t already well-known for that branding.

        Your point is right in spirit, but wrong on that one specific point.

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Someone should create CoPirate for Linux, that saves a DRM-free local copy of everyone else’s data that goes through your machine. For training purposes, of course.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    82·
    2 days ago

    Reposting from my comment https://lemmy.world/post/37758804/20109240 which I recommend to check, as someone did a test with Dark Souls 1 and IMHO was unsurprisingly disappointing, namely it does recognize the game (honestly, not bad) and get the right boss (which name is literally on screen) and make kind of sometimes useful suggestions. But like… what’s the point? Who would play a game and… NOT know its name? Or not be able to search based on a boss name or a weapon name with existing dedicated good online guides?

    Anyway… if you still want to try yourself WITHOUT relying on Microsoft consider :

    "If someone somehow wants to test this locally I suggest

    • install locally a vision model, e.g. Moondream (which Ollama supports but alternatives too), then
    • take a screenshot of your game,
    • write a prompt like “How can I play this game better”
    • query the vision model with the image and your prompt

    marvel at how pointless and costly the whole setup is and how a basic query on e.g. DuckDuckGo with “game name” + prompt would yield way WAY better results from actual human, uninstall the whole, keep on playing with your actual brain.

    At least now you can say you tried before you complain, rightfully, that it sucks.

    For more check https://fabien.benetou.fr/Content/SelfHostingArtificialIntelligence

    PS: I didn’t actually try this, I’m too lazy for that right how but feel free to report back if you do!

    Edit : 2 potential optimization (despite not being sure it ever makes sense in the first place!)

    • do so automatically, e.g. ~/gaming_screenshots directory (via e.g. Spectacle shortcut) monitored via inotify then notify-send the suggestion, thus stay in game during the whole process
    • fine tune on specific visual datasets, e.g. rely on fextra as mentioned in https://lemmy.world/post/37758804/20113877

    " and again feel free to share back results.

    • lmagitem@lemmy.zip
      2·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think the point is to be useful, but more to collect data on how you play and how to play.

      • utopiah@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 days ago

        If there was no user interaction needed I’d agree but here, AFAICT, the user still needs to ask. If it’s truly entirely pointless then once the novelty fades away it won’t be used which deprived of precious data points, namely user feedback. For non interactive use I imagine streaming provides already a lot.

    • Twanquility@feddit.dk
      391·
      3 days ago

      Someone wrote that code. I like to imagine that they know it’s wrong, so they frame it as clearly as they can, without being fired. Guy could have written “Gaming Copilot is invading your privacy”, or something like it, but that wouldn’t pass.

    • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      3 days ago

      Its frankly fucking comedic. Someone seriously thought that was a good way for it to communicate that its turned on 😂

      I mean, it’s apt. But companies are usually better at pretending they’re not up to anything nefarious 😅

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
        25·
        3 days ago

        The box says “Gaming Copilot is watching YouTube”, where “YouTube” is the name of the browser tab that was open when that screenshot was taken.

        The dialog basically says “Gaming Copilot is watching [your currently opened app/tab]”.

        The text being cut off is making it look funny, but sadly no, no one wrote that message.

    • Zeon@lemmy.world
      201·
      2 days ago

      No. Avoid this by switching to a free operating system such as Debian. Windows is proprietary, there is no hope for privacy there.

    • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      Windows IoT can have compatibility issues with software because they’re not the latest version of Windows (think Debian vs. Arch, but without Debian being the presumed default). Also you can’t get a license for it legally.

      This is all stuff I’ve heard second-hand, but it turned me off Windows IoT. So now I main Linux and have Windows 10 on my old Laptop (AND FFS WINDOWS STOP CHANGING MY FIREWALL SETTINGS).

      • Lfrith@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’ve used windows 11 ltsc with games including ones that use anticheat like Finals and didn’t run into compatibility issues yet.

        Feels like normal Windows experience except no copilot, no Microsoft store, no ads, no preinstalled tiktok/messenger. Just a regular clean Windows install without the need to run debloating scripts. All the ai updates that keep being pushed on regular Windows like paint and notepad aren’t present. Its just normal old paint and normal boring notes.

        Its an experience closer to Windows 7 era before online accounts were integrated into the OS and nagging people to login.

        Of course Linux is the better option.

      • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        2 days ago

        My version numbers on 11 IoT seem to be bleeding edge for core fuctioning. It’s PERFECT for PC gaming, honestly. No Xbox, no gamebar, no AI, no shit getting installed after new updates.

        The no license legally is why I linked massgrave. Permanent hardware activation. If they wont sell the license for the only good current Windows, then fuck them.

    • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      ltsc is fine but i have some issues with it:
      1.App support will be like windows 10,fine for legacy or apps that dont get alot of updates but bad for newer apps (on windows 10 ltsc iot)
      2.Your using a version of Windows that isnt designed to be used on a home pc
      3. you cannot install microsoft store apps without workarounds,only exes from random websites(should be fine for most people ngl)
      tho i do use it but mainly only for flashing roms.
      your better off using a Linux distro open source,better in the long run and will support more only Windows apps(that dont need deep windows dependencies) with wine aswell as those windows apps having a native Linux version.
      and Linux has better privacy on most distros.

      • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 days ago

        1. It is still a fully fledged x86-64 Windows. You can install literally any program designed to work on Windows, legacy or not.

        2. It is still Windows, only they have stripped out everything non essential for reliability for high uptime, think ATM machines. This would be like saying Gentoo or Arch isn’t designed to be used on home PCs.

        3. You can install the MS App Store and Xbox app, and others should you want to. It just doesn’t come with them. I have switched all my friends to this Windows and half of them use it with Xbox Games Pass, and one like the ease of getting everything from the MS App Store.

        4. The common person might not want to use Linux for any number of reasons. This is as good as it can get for those who do not want to switch. Not wanting to switch is fine, and shouldn’t be shamed.

        5. For privacy since it’s an Enterprise version, you can disable all built in telemetry. It just takes some entries in things like group policy and registry editor.