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automation limitations
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Discussions tagged with automation limitations on WindowsForum.com focus on the current state of AI-driven task automation, particularly Microsoft's Copilot Actions. Users report that while Copilot can perform real web tasks like making dinner reservations through cloud-based browsing, the experience remains experimental and unreliable. Common issues include struggles with web defenses, verification steps, and the need for frequent user intervention. The tag captures the gap between promising demonstrations and dependable, production-ready automation, reflecting broader industry challenges where agentic AI shows capability but still requires significant human oversight and narrow use-case constraints.
I asked Microsoft’s Copilot to make a dinner reservation for me, and it did—eventually—by opening a cloud-based browser, navigating OpenTable, filling forms and clicking buttons until a reservation appeared. The result is promising: Copilot Actions can perform real web tasks, but the experience...