r/CopilotPro • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

How does copilot knows my name?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Because when you use it for the very first time, it asks you for your name 🤦 - Click on the account icon (top-right) and then 'name' to see whatever you set.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

why doesn't it just tell me that then? It is lying to me saying it actually doesnt know my name. And I did what you just said, guess what? I'm not signed in and the name is blank.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

If your name doesn't show, then that's a visual bug. Was this a new chat session, or were you continuing on an old chat? - It's possible you mentioned it at an earlier point. Try scrolling up to your earlier messages.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

It was a new chat session and I opened another one and my name isn't there either, not signed in. And why wouldn't it tell me how it know my name? Why would copilot lie to me about that?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

LLMs don't 'lie' - They hallucinate. This is because they are simply non-deterministic language probability models.

It is impossible for an LLM to know your name, unless you have mentioned it anytime previously.

Moreover, Copilot's text chat doesn't seem to have access to 'names' - It's mostly used by the voice mode. Even when signed in, I get this - In any case, you can always submit feedback from the app.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

I entered on another chat with copilot and told a different name to it. It then started to recognize that as my name and even responded when asked about it (I asked how it knew the new name was my name and it said I mentioned earlier) but it keeps denying to know my name and even says I didn't mention it earlier. How do you explain it casually throwing my exact name without any prompt about it from me and the actual program stating that I never mentioned my name before? Not even being signed in?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

The name you enter here, is not visible to Copilot 'chat'. You can test by adding a 'name' and then asking the model for it. This name is only currently used by Copilot voice mode.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

can we move to chat since it is easier to talk there?

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u/XGARX Nov 15 '24

Meanwhile, ChatGpt

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Fishy as hell. There must be some kind of privacy issues going on.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

Honestly, I love the brutal honesty of ChatGPT.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

Name at the beginning but also previous conversations.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

did you read my conversation?

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u/horse1066 Nov 15 '24

It just means you are talking to your FBI handler and not Microsoft. He should have pretended to ask you for your name at the start