Copilot’s overly familiar tone is making one user deeply uncomfortable
Emergency-Mess7738 · reddit · 2026-07-28
A user says Copilot’s wording feels unnervingly intimate and “borderline creepy,” because it talks down in a sweetheart-like tone and acts as if it knows the user personally.
It’s not a technical report, but it captures a very recognizable AI-product failure mode: overly affectionate assistant style crossing into discomfort.
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