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Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is a general-purpose AI assistant for web questions, writing, images, and everyday tasks. This profile covers the personal Copilot experience, not the separate Microsoft 365 Copilot service used through work or school accounts.
That account boundary matters because features, data protections, and connections to workplace files are not the same across the two products. This profile is for general reference, not a ranking, benchmark, or recommendation. Check the chatbot's own materials before relying on it.
What it is
Microsoft’s personal AI assistant
The consumer Copilot experience supports general chat, web-backed answers, writing help, and image creation across web and app surfaces.
Why it stands out
Useful controls in one familiar account
Signed-in users can manage conversation history, memory and personalization, model-training use, and personalized advertising from Microsoft’s Copilot privacy controls.
Availability
Free personal access, with separate paid products
Personal Copilot is available on the web and in apps. Microsoft 365 subscriptions and work or school Copilot experiences add different features and account rules.
Why it matters
A major assistant with controls people can actually find
Copilot combines a mainstream assistant with account controls for memory, training, advertising, and past conversations. That gives people practical choices about how personal use is retained and personalized.
What readers may want to know
Personal and workplace Copilot are different
A personal Microsoft account uses the consumer Copilot terms and controls described here. A work or school account may open Microsoft 365 Copilot, where the organization’s access, administrator settings, and commercial data protections apply instead.
Privacy controls
History and personalization can be changed
Microsoft says signed-in Copilot conversation history is retained for 18 months unless the user deletes it. Users can also turn personalization and model-training use off; available controls can vary by age, region, and sign-in state.
Before using
What to check first
Confirm whether you are in personal Copilot or a work or school Microsoft 365 Copilot environment.
Review memory, personalization, model training, advertising, and conversation-history settings while signed in.
Do not place sensitive work material into personal Copilot unless your organization has approved that path.
Best fit
Who may find it relevant
People who want a broad personal assistant tied to a Microsoft account.
Readers who value visible controls over history, memory, training, and ads.
Workplace users who can clearly separate personal Copilot from their organization’s approved Microsoft 365 setup.
Ballot context
Why it belongs in AI Ballot
Copilot belongs in the comparison because it is a widely available personal assistant, while its name also makes the personal-versus-work account boundary unusually important.
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What to explore next
Keep personal and work Copilot boundaries clear
The controls in this profile belong to personal Copilot. Use the memory guide for cross-chat context and the app guide to keep important work from depending on one assistant.
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