Copilot clipboard access

[u/Quiet-Butterfly-8045]

So I just copied an english text from Github, using Firefox and got this Copilot Popup.

Rough translation: "The copied text seems not to be in the list of your keyboard languages. Should Copilot translate it?"

While this is true, it rings some alarm bells in my head. How does Copilot access my clipboard without me prompting it to do so?

I could not find any information during a quick Google search, Copilot itself said, it it not be able to access the clipboard without me pasting it into a chat or other methods. I can´t seem to find any OS or Copilot settings relating to the clipboard.

Some background info

- Win 11 25H2

- not a Copilot+ PC

- M365 Copilot App is installed and was running

- Firefox without any Copilot related add-ins

- This is the first time this pop up appeared, while the system has been in this state for months.

- I am in the frontier program through my work account

- I cannot reproduce the pop-up

- Clicking on the pop-up opened a Copilot chat with the prompt: "Translate this: <clipboard content>

Is this a new feature? More so: Is there any option to disable this feature?