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"title": "Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks",
"content": "Microsoft’s Copilot 3D can turn a single photograph into a downloadable 3D model in seconds, but early hands-on testing reveals that it might give your dog an extra limb—and that’s just the beginning of the caveats. The experimental feature, quietly launched alongside the GPT-5 upgrade to Copilot, is now available for free in Copilot Labs to anyone with a Microsoft account, promising to democratize 3D asset creation.
Tom Warren at The Verge put the tool through its paces, and the results were a mix of impressive and horrifying. While a photo of an Ikea chair turned into a clean, usable GLB model perfect for AR placement, a snapshot of his dog Frank resulted in a bizarre anatomical error: Copilot 3D added what appeared to be a penis on the dog’s back. “I’m not even sure what happened here, but it looks like Copilot tried to guess that my dog has a penis (he does), and then decided to put that penis on his back,” Warren wrote. That failure underscores the tool’s current struggle with organic shapes and its reliance on guessing unseen geometry.
The Copilot 3D workflow is dead simple: upload a JPG or PNG under 10MB, click “Create,” and within moments you get a preview and a downloadable GLB (binary glTF) file. The models are stored in a “My Creations” area for 28 days before being deleted, so users must export what they want to keep