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AI chatbots are now integrated 'into the full texture of human life,'
Microsoft study claims

Date:
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:20:54 +0000

Description:
Work questions in the day, personal questions at night, desktop for
productivity, mobile for personal: Copilot reveals all.

FULL STORY

A new December 2025 report from Microsoft has uncovered some key difference
among Copilot users in terms of how and when people use AI, and it's based on
37.5 million de-identified Copilot conversations, so there's reason to 
believe the insights should be pretty accurate. 

Drawing a line right down the middle, Microsoft identified that desktop AI 
use was generally dominated by workers between 8am and 5pm, while mobile use
skewed heavily toward personal topics, and was used at all hours. 

For personal users, health and fitness prevailed as a key topic, which
Microsoft says proves AI is increasingly being trusted for advice, not just
information gathering.

The researchers stressed that enterprise and education data was excluded from
the analytics, however millions of personal account holders still use the
service for personal and work purposes alike. Microsoft found that 
programming peaks on weekdays, gaming rises on weekends, and philosophical
questions spike late at night. 

Redmond claims that mainstream adoption is also on the rise, beyond early
adoption among developers and some workers. 

In early 2025, Copilot was broadly used for technical and productivity
workloads, but by September (the end of this particular study) it was
answering more questions about society, culture, and history. 

Copilot even sees seasonal trends around the social calendar. For example,
relationships and personal growth around Valentine's Day and a dip in
education-related topics over the summer. 

With the new information, Microsoft has essentially told all AI chatbot
developers how they can tailor their UI to usage patterns. "A desktop agent
should optimize for information density and workflow execution, while a 
mobile agent might prioritize empathy, brevity, and personal guidance," the
researchers concluded. 

"The data suggests that we are not just using AI to do our work faster; we 
are using it to navigate the complexities of being human, one prompt at a
time," they added. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-chatbots-are-now-integrated-into-the-full-tex
ture-of-human-life-microsoft-study-claims

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