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So this has nothing to do with Copilot from GitHub?

Correct, Copilot here stands for AI "second brain" that "co-pilots" the app alongside the user.

(the abstract idea behind GitHub Copilot).

Well it’s kind of misleading, because GitHub has kind of a following for their product named Copilot.

I think renaming it would benefit everyone.

Microsoft also has an AI feature called Copilot. I think at this point the name has become a generic term for AI assistance.

> > Well it’s kind of misleading, because GitHub has kind of a following for their product named Copilot.

> Microsoft also has an AI feature called Copilot. I think at this point the name has become a generic term for AI assistance.

Github is Microsoft, and, yes, Microsoft has expanded their Copilot branding for end-user-facing AI assistance beyond just the Github coding tool, but that doesn't make it generic.

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