Microsoft's Super Bowl Ad Boosts Copilot Downloads, But Accuracy Issues Loom

Microsoft's Copilot AI app climbed app store charts after its Super Bowl ad, presenting an opportunity for Microsoft to capitalize on the public interest, but inconsistencies in Copilot's responses pose a risk that could undermine its success.

Summary

• Microsoft aired a Super Bowl ad promoting its Copilot AI assistant app as an "everyday AI companion."
• The ad appears to have increased downloads of the Copilot app, boosting it to #2 on the Apple App Store and #12 on Google Play.
• However, some users pointed out outdated and incorrect information in Copilot's responses about the Super Bowl teams.
• There were also inconsistent responses to the same prompts from different users, an issue with large language models in general.
• So while the interest presents an opportunity, inaccurate or unreliable responses could cause users to abandon Copilot.
• Microsoft now has a chance to capitalize on the interest and ensure Copilot's success, but needs to address accuracy and reliability issues.