windowscentral[.]com/software-apps/copilot-pros-gpt-builder-bites-the-microsoft-graveyard-dust-as-the-company-prioritizes-refinement-of-core-experiences
Microsoft let you create your own, personalized GPTs if/when you paid the $20/month for Copilot Pro. That feature is going away in July, with Microsoft saying: "... we are shifting our focus on GPTs to Commercial and Enterprise scenarios and are stopping GPT efforts in consumer Copilot."
*It looks like* they're doing something similar with Windows Paint. Right now the Paint app in this copy of Win11 includes Cocreator [& no, I do not pay for Copilot Pro]. But, Microsoft has just announced that to use Cocreator in Paint requires one of the new, ARM-based Copilot+ PCs. According to Tom's Hardware though, not having/using Cocreator may not be such a bad thing:
From Microsoft's statement it is clear that even though you have free reign to use Cocreator, the firm will always be looking over your shoulder. While the company says it does not look at the images you draw, paste, or generate, it still keeps an eye on your prompts. But what’s more important is that Microsoft is collecting “device and user identifiers”, meaning it collates account information and links the prompts that account has made.This is a nightmare for security and privacy-conscious users, especially as Microsoft recently blocked the last easy workaround to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account. Microsoft is likely doing this to stop unscrupulous users from generating illegal images like child and non-consensual deep fake pornography. However, storing this information is also a source of concern, as prompts a user typed in and stored on their account could be stolen. And, no matter how innocent, it could then be weaponized and used against them.
neowin[.]net/news/microsoft-account-and-npu-are-requirements-for-windows-11-paint-cocreator/
tomshardware[.]com/software/windows/microsofts-new-paint-cocreator-requires-an-npu-ai-powered-feature-requires-40-tops-of-performance-and-a-microsoft-account
support.microsoft[.]com/en-us/windows/use-cocreator-in-paint-53857513-e36c-472d-8d4a-adbcd14b2e54
That said, after the public rebelled at the prospect of their new AI-based recall, Microsoft says they're tightening it up security-wise.
zdnet[.]com/article/after-brutal-critiques-microsoft-recall-will-get-these-major-privacy-and-security-changes/
