This one line in Microsoft Copilot’s terms of service undermines the entire product—and social media is just noticing

Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot is integrated across the company’s products. It’s built into Windows 11, and recent features like Tasks and Pages are marketed as powerful tools for productivity. But one of Copilot’s Terms of Use just caught the internet’s attention for seeming to contradict that image of Copilot as a game-changer in the workplace, instead cautioning users that “Copilot is for entertainment purposes only.” “It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended,” the statement continues, as written on Microsoft’s Copilot Terms of Use page. “Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.” That language is a far cry from the way Copilot is typically presented to consumers. An ad for Copilot from April 2025 highlighted then-upcoming features like completing simple to-do lists on a user’s behalf, doing deep research on a given topic, and revising documents—uses that may be fun to mess around with, yes, but also have practical applications beyond t