Minor updates in Copilot and Grok
I just noticed two updates in two of the 12 chatbots I’m using.
Copilot now has 5 choices in a browser (Quick response, Think Deeper, Study and Learn, Smart (GPT-5), Search) and 4 searches in the Android app (Quick response, Think Deeper, Smart (GPT-5), Study and Learn):
Grok now offers Grok 4 Fast (Beta). Both the web interface and the Android app include 4 choices for the model (Auto, Fast, Expert, Grok 4 Fast):
Nothing to write home about, but these are evolutions nonetheless.
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Haha, ChatGPT ignores the instructions!
I didn’t want to change its personality (all of them seem stupid), but I added a custom instruction:
And yet, it disregarded it right away! I therefore had to ask it:
The bold part was by ChatGPT itself.
Needless to say, ChatGPT continued to end every single answer with suggestions about what it could do to further help me.
FFS, they removed the last style in ChatGPT, “Sidekick”!
I noticed that in a browser, Grok allows me to disable “Show Follow Up Suggestions”… but not so in its Android app! I hate all these apps that don’t include the same customization options as the web app! (Or vice versa: the iOS ChatGPT app has some exclusive options.)