Hey Microsoft, you should apply a little dating advice when trying to win over your users: desperation is never attractive. The company has employed Windows’ built-in Edge browser as a marketing tool many times before, often in trying to convince people not to use Chrome . Now it’s pulling some similar moves, begging people to use Microsoft’s Copilot “AI” system rather than ChatGPT or Perplexity.
If you happen to be reading this in Edge right now (hey, it’s not impossible), then try heading over to ChatGPT.com , Perplexity.ai , or DeepSeek.com . You might see a little flashing banner in the URL bar inviting you to “Try Copilot.” That’s according to Windows Latest , which also says that you’ll be seeing Copilot ads in Bing Search if you look for competing products.
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