Gemini vs. Copilot: I tested the AI tools on 7 everyday tasks, and it wasn't even close

Microsoft is building Copilot into every product it owns, while Google is integrating its Gemini LLM tool into all of its properties. To determine which tool is better, I came up with seven challenges.

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Hello, fellow humans! AI chatbots will soon replace us. They have access to more knowledge than our puny brains can hold, and they can easily be turned into powerful agents that can handle routine tasks with ease.

Or so we are told. I keep trying Microsoft Copilot, which uses OpenAI's GPT-5 as its default LLM, and I keep being disappointed. Occasionally, it gets things right, but just as often -- or so it seems -- it face-plants in spectacular fashion.

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