AI skeptics are not the only ones warning users not to blindly trust the results of models. This is what the AI companies themselves say in their terms of service.
Take Microsoft, which is currently focused on getting enterprise customers to pay for Copilot. However, Copilot has also come under fire on social media for its terms of use, which appear to have been last updated on October 24, 2025.
“CoPilot is for entertainment purposes only,” the company warned. “You may make mistakes and it may not work as intended. Do not rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.”
A Microsoft spokesperson told PCMag that the company would be updating what it described as “legacy language.”
“As the product evolves, the language no longer reflects how Copilot is currently used and will change in the next update,” the spokesperson said.
Tom’s Hardware pointed out that Microsoft isn’t the only company using these kinds of disclaimers for AI. For example, both OpenAI and xAI warn users that their output should not be relied upon as “the truth” (xAI quotes) or “the only service for truth or factual information” (OpenAI).
