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It’s not just you – Microsoft is placing Copilot almost everywhere, and now it’s available on Telegram as a bot that forms part of their “copilot-for-social” project. Windows Latest reports that to utilize the bot, you need to confirm your phone number by sending your contact within the chat. The company is expanding its AI integration into one of the most popular messaging apps, but it likely won’t stop there.

Microsoft claims that it won’t save your phone number for anything other than verification purposes, yet it’s necessary because the service is currently unavailable for anyone in the EU, at least for now. If anyone in the EU attempts to access it, they will be blocked.

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“To ensure a secure experience, we require a quick one-time verification of your mobile number linked to your Telegram account. We don’t store your number,” Microsoft states in the message you see when starting to use the bot.

You can use the bot for free, and it seems that the Copilot social integration won’t end with Telegram as the project claims to bring it to other messaging apps like WhatsApp. Currently, there is no information on how it will be integrated into WhatsApp, but we’ll keep you updated when more details emerge. We’ll have to wait and see whether Copilot reaches WhatsApp and if you can access it as easily as in Telegram or if it pops up when it thinks it’s needed.

You can find the Microsoft Copilot bot by typing @CopilotOfficialBot in the search bar, but be cautious when selecting from the search results as there are other bots that imitate the Copilot logo. Ensure that the option you choose has the verification badge. You can use three commands with the bot: /restart (restarts the chat), /share (shares the bot with friends), and /ideas (shows you how to use the bot).

The Copilot bot has a daily limit of 30 messages per day and is based on GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and Microsoft’s in-house models. So far, it’s not possible to switch between the Precise, Creative, and Balanced models. Copilot has been on everyone’s minds with Microsoft’s various announcements about it at their annual Build Developer Conference this year.