Difference between revisions of "Talk:Timeline of Microsoft Copilot"

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I wonder if it might be worth renaming this timeline to Timeline of Microsoft Copilot?

The rows about malware for September 29 and October 2 seem to be about the same thing? If there is a difference, it's not clear; and in particular the second row doesn't seem to reference the first row.

The Wikipedia page Microsoft Copilot seems to mostly overlap, but does mention a few things not here:

It uses the term "Microsoft Prometheus" that's not mentioned in the timeline here, which might be because it's a more recent term associated with the new Copilot brand (and beyond the focused period of December 2023 for this timeline). Per the earlier suggestion to rename the timeline, it may be worth also mentioning Microsoft Prometheus.

The free version of ChatGPT isn't helpful as its knowledge base is limited till January 2022.

Both the spellings "Sidney" and "Sydney" are used for Bing Chat's original name. Is it possible to figure out what the original name used for? If both names appear to have been used, it's worth highlighting both versions of the name upfront in the big picture. ✔ (Sebastian: I'll stick to "Sydney", which appears in almost all sources)

The "Criticism/commentary" lines for February 16 and February 17 seem to be referring to the same thing. Consolidate? Also, it would be good to include the original reference.✔

This is not a full review! I did a quick pass of the timeline.

There needs to be significant coverage of the "Sydney"-codenamed testing phase of Bing Chat, that happened prior to the official release of Bing Chat. As of now, it doesn't look like this phase is mentioned anywhere in the timeline page. In particular, the article https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WkchhorbLsSMbLacZ/ai-1-sydney-and-bing that I had originally recommended when seeking this timeline is still relevant and can help with fleshing out the Sydney phase.✔
Consistency: use "Bing Chat" consistently rather than sometimes calling it "BingChat".✔
Competition: Maybe add more rows for the launch of stuff such as Google Bard (Bard is mentioned, but not its launch).✔
More in terms of criticism/commentary: There's some, but there should be more criticism/commentary, and less of an exclusive focus on the changes/narrative announced by Microsoft (no need to remove any of the existing rows, just expand more of the other stuff). [1]✔, [2]✔, [3]✔

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+== Review by Vipul on 2024-02-10 ==
+Version reviewed: https://timelines.issarice.com/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Bing_Chat&oldid=78307
+Process used: [[Review process for timelines]]
+=== General standalone evaluation comments ====
+* I wonder if it might be worth renaming this timeline to Timeline of Microsoft Copilot?
+=== Line-by-line comments ===
+* The rows about malware for September 29 and October 2 seem to be about the same thing? If there is a difference, it's not clear; and in particular the second row doesn't seem to reference the first row.
+=== External verification ===
+==== Wikipedia ====
+The Wikipedia page {{w|Microsoft Copilot}} seems to mostly overlap, but does mention a few things not here:
+* It uses the term "Microsoft Prometheus" that's not mentioned in the timeline here, which might be because it's a more recent term associated with the new Copilot brand (and beyond the focused period of December 2023 for this timeline). Per the earlier suggestion to rename the timeline, it may be worth also mentioning Microsoft Prometheus.
+==== ChatGPT ===
+The free version of ChatGPT isn't helpful as its knowledge base is limited till January 2022.
 == Review by Vipul on 2023-09-01 ==