• ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    With 68% of consumers reporting using AI to support their decision making, voice is making this easier. [1]

    Does anybody actually believe that 68% of consumers use or even want Copilot? But they included a source for this very generous assertion at the bottom of the page:

    [1] Based on Microsoft-commissioned online study of U.S. consumers ages 13 years of age or older conducted by Edelman DXI and Assembly, 1,000 participants, July 2025.

    Oh yeah, that’s compelling: US consumers, 13 years old and older. An entire thousand of them!

    So the only question I have left is which junior high principal Microsoft “compensated” for this survey, and what happened to the 320 summer school attendees who said fuck you, no anyway.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      They got that 68% usage number likely by counting everyone accidentally using it after a search swap or similar trick.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      11 days ago

      they are equating “AI support” with “I want AI copilot integrated into my OS”

      and that’s a big leap