Microsoft's Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors (theverge.com) 68
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung's 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions.
On TV, Copilot takes on a "friendly, animated presence" that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance Microsoft showed off last month, though in a color that makes it look more like a personified chickpea. The beige blob will float and bounce around your screen, while its mouth moves in line with its responses.
On TV, Copilot takes on a "friendly, animated presence" that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance Microsoft showed off last month, though in a color that makes it look more like a personified chickpea. The beige blob will float and bounce around your screen, while its mouth moves in line with its responses.
I didn't even want high def (Score:2)
I definitely don't want this.
I guess it's easier than good plots though.
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Commenting on your subject... I used to roll my eyes at local TV stations boasting that they now had the "News in High Def". Seriously, who cares, it's the fucking News.
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Come on, you haven't watched real news in decades.
Re: I didn't even want high def (Score:2)
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I want to count every pore in the newscaster's face.
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You are quite discriminating. NTSC ought to be enough for anybody, right Bill?
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My back appreciates modern television sets
My old ass eyes sure appreciate not having 480i today.
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I'd use it if it was useful.
Me: "Hey copilot, give me a show without fags in it."
Copilot: "Sorry, all recent tv series and movies are littered with faggots."
Me: turns off the TV.
I'm Back! Clippy in HD (Score:4, Funny)
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Clippy is the first thing that came to mind for me. Yeah, no thanks.
Re:I'm Back! Clippy in HD (Score:4, Funny)
"It looks like you're trying to watch porn. Would you like help?"
Re:I'm Back! Clippy in HD (Score:5, Funny)
"Sure, lend a hand."
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*applause*
"Yes ... ha ha .. YES"
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Anyone remember Microsoft BOB?
Did someone get the memo a little too hard? (Score:2)
Re: Did someone get the memo a little too hard? (Score:3)
"... and when I saw the blob of... em... mayonnaise, 'cos that what was on my shoe, I thought it was perfect for..."
Enshittification continues (Score:3)
Samsung gear is already absolute garbage, ridden with "smart" features, requiring internet connectivity, so an AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv.
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Sure "absolute garbage", you sound like an expert. And "ridden" with smart features, you're highly literate too.
"AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv."
No one wants an AI assistant, but if they did a TV would likely be the first place they'd want it. No one appears to want a PC in the home anymore.
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"AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv." ... No one appears to want a PC in the home anymore.
Quote please?
The last thing I want in a "Smart TV" and in particular Samsung - which snoops on me [newscientist.com]. But I need to admin I have a Samsung Smart TV, because:
1. You cannot but non-smart TVs - they're all garbage quality
2. Samsung does great displays
I don't need cable, I want to watch whatever I want, whenever I want. And it's such a great display for a media server [xda-developers.com].
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I have a Samsung TV and wouldn't know. I kept my TV offline and have a great experience. I see no reason to connect it. If I want media I use my Linux HTPC or a game console.
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so an AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv.
What everyone wants is a user interface that just does what the user wants, without forcing the user to figure out which remote-button or unrecognizably-abstract onscreen icon to push to make it happen.
If Samsung's AI can implement that, e.g. by listening to free-form English commands and reliably acting on them in a useful manner (a big if, but not inconceivable), it will be popular.
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I wouldnt say garbage, its by any reasonable definition a high quality TV. But you are right about the "smart" features. I just got a 65" Samsung to replace my dying 50" 15yo panasonic "dumb" tv, and dear lord does the cruft drive me mad.
I just want a f***king TV set. I dont NEED free bundled SkyTV, that shit is for pubs to replay the horse races and angry mouth foamers. I dont want. an entire button menu dedicated to exercise. I dont want smart home integration, I like having a dumb home. I just want to wa
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Samsung gear is already absolute garbage, ridden with "smart" features, requiring internet connectivity, so an AI assistant is DEFINITELY what everyone wants in a fucking tv.
Having just bought a Samsung TV, what are you talking about? I bought it, hung it, never connected to the network, and the "smartest" feature the TV seems to have without a network connection is that it tries to guess which input is live until it finds one active. Just because a product says it needs a network connection doesn't mean it actually does. You don't have to obey the product. It's a choice you make at purchase and setup.
Fine... (Score:3)
So long as it can be easily disabled.
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No chance.
You have to remember that Microsoft are paying Samsung to put this on their TVs (or else the TV costs like $1 more, which means it's more expensive than the competition, so Samsung won't sell very many).
As a result:
* Microsoft think Clippy2 is amazing, so they don't want you disabling it - why would they even spend the time making such a feature? It's such a good thing for you, no one would want to disable it (or so they think)
* Samsung are getting paid for having it there. They won't get paid muc
Gaming monitor sales increase? (Score:3)
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Given that the largest gaming monitors are smaller than the smallest interesting TVs, "I find dumb gaming monitors make the" worst TVs.
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Bullshit. [techradar.com] Do they not have Google on your planet?
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I have a 4K 75" tv for one of my monitors. If the prices come back down, i'll move it to another room and upgrade to a larger model.
Paperclip? (Score:2)
Can we change it to a paperclip?!
Which leads to the obvious question (Score:4, Interesting)
Can it be disabled? And if so, how easily?
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Don't connect your TV to the internet by logging it into your wifi.
Easier said than done, if most of your content is being streamed over the Internet.
Re:Which leads to the obvious question (Score:4)
Don't connect your TV to the internet by logging it into your wifi.
Easier said than done, if most of your content is being streamed over the Internet.
Streaming box separate from the TV. I have two "smart" TVs that have never touched my network and never will. They work perfectly fine as monitors for my actual streaming box and my computers. Yes, it cost a little more to get a separate box, but those separate boxes are easy to toss and replace when they decide to enshitify themselves while not having to move some giant screen every time the company pushes an update that forces bullshit on you.
Re: Which leads to the obvious question (Score:1)
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Eventually, TVs will come with cellular OTA. :P
BigBrotherGPT is watching you (Score:1)
You'll grow to love him, trust me.
Louis Rossman was right (Score:1)
Remember clippy? He didn't want to mine your data. He didn't want to optimize advertising to be able to better exploit your personality flaws. He just wanted to get you to do the task better. He was bad at it, but his intention was good.
Microsoft went from that, to this.
Oh (Score:5, Informative)
Fuck no. I would go without a large screen rather than use anything with AI bullshit baked in. This is why pirating is making a comeback. People simply want to avoid all this tech bro spyware bullshit. Torrent ... NAS ... KODI ... HTPC ... big screen monitor (not TV). For the win.
Note to self (Score:2)
cool, if true (Score:2)
But lets be real, copilot is not -in- the TV. Its in the cloud.
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Who hasn't, really.
"I watch TV offline ... (Score:1)
... you insenitive clod!"
is what I feel like telling any TV manufacturer that expects me to connect my TV to the outside world.
An over-the-air antenna and a connection to my non-internet-connected media server are all I need.
Dumnb TV = Monitor? (Score:2)
Is the best way to get a dumb TV to buy a monitor? Connect it up to whatever hardware you desire without having to worry about what some idiot thinks all consumers need.
Have I missed something?
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There are modern TV screens for digital signage and conference rooms that come without crap, but they also come without any receiver and often without speakers, so you'd need to get those separately.
Except for that they work just like TV:s used to, with remote control, multiple HDMI inputs, etc.
I've worked in the AV industry where we installed these all the time.
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Sounds perfect. There's so many options now that I'd prefer to choose how to get what I want without fighting the multiple bundles of overlapping options.
I use my TV as a monitor (Score:2)
I don't need or want a "smart TV". Instead, I have a PC connected to my TV and watch things from my TV.
I haven't watched OTA in over 40 years. It's pure garbage.
Next, Copilot will be in your Samsung phone (Score:2)
Whether you want it or not, and it won't be uninstallable.
Maybe it will be worth it (Score:2)
If you don't want consumers to buy your crap ... (Score:2)
printf "* Samsung TV\n" >> brands_to_avoid.txt
Hope there is a way to disable it... (Score:2)
If two goliaths with ill-concieved ideas breed... (Score:2)
This will be the next hot mess. I can't wait for the flood of privacy and malware reports
What for? (Score:2)
Just an other way to get hacked (Score:2)
Something I don't need where I don't want it. (Score:2)
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A friendly, animated presence (Score:2)
> On TV, Copilot takes on a "friendly, animated presence" that resembles
So, this is "your plastic pal that's fun to be with", right?
Can't wait for the models with Genuine People Personality to come out :-D
Then, My Next Monitor Will Not Samsung (Score:2)
I Really Wish– (Score:2)
–someone would market an 65" - 85" monitor, with no OS, no Speakers. Just a screen.
That's all I want: a display for my AV equipment.
Wonder if Frameworks would consider expanding into displays?
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They should rebrand this (Score:2)
Consider the energy usage (Score:2)
Does nobody care about the planet ?