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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel Review

24 Apr 2009

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

Taking place in the pub and the future, it can sometimes stumble into Red Dwarf territory, but strong performances, especially from Dean Lennox Kelly as the cynical Pete and Anna Faris as kooky time-traveller Cassie, and a smart script do enough to ensure you’ll stay with it until the end.

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Reviewed by: Jeff Robson

The concept of time travel has inspired some great movies – The Terminator , Twelve Monkeys and the (original!) Time Machine – but, all the same, you have to admit it’s a bit silly.

The idea of meeting a future/past version of yourself, killing your own granddad and changing the course of history by getting a butterfly to flap its wings (or something) has undoubted comic potential. And if TV sitcom veteran Carrivick’s film debut doesn’t quite milk it to the full there are still worse ways to pass 86 minutes – in this dimension, anyway.

You can guess the pitch – ‘The Terminator meets Shaun Of The Dead ’, as a high-concept Hollywood genre is relocated to small-town England and played out by a cast of nerds and losers. The trouble is that both of those films were absolute corkers and I had fears of having to sit through a lame retread of the Pegg/Frost/Wright formula with none of the wit, style and genuine affection for the object of its spoofery that characterised both Shaun... and Hot Fuzz .

The first pleasant surprise comes in the opening scene, where some halfway decent special effects create an alien battle fleet ominously poised above the Earth, with an impressively tooled-up commander exhorting his crew to kick some intergalactic ass.

Sadly, it’s all a back-projection at a kiddies’ theme park – and the starship trooper is Ray (Chris O’Dowd), a sci-fi nerd who gets into character a bit too much and scares the living daylights out of his young charges. Sacked on the spot, he hooks up with his mates Pete (Dean Lennox Kelly) and Toby (Marc Wootton), who are busily employed handing out flyers for the nearby burger emporium dressed as dinosaurs, and the three decide the ideal remedy for their career woes is a night at the pub.

But on the way to the bar, Ray meets Cassie (Anna Faris) a beautiful but mysterious stranger, who warns him that a time portal has been opened up in the pub and that if he’s not careful the future will be altered forever – a future in which Ray and his mates become revered for their genius. All he has to do is avoid the gent’s toilets...

Naturally he thinks it’s a wind-up by the other two despite their protestations of innocence. But when Pete pays a visit to the little boys’ room he returns to find the bar full of dead bodies – including an older version of himself.

Again, this is an unexpected and striking scene, setting up enough of a sense of confusion and danger to make the boys’ adventures more than just an extended one-off sitcom. As they attempt to get time back on track they face the question: would you rather have a chaotic and unpredictable future where you have a chance to be something different, or carry on in a safe, unchallenging rut? They also learn that not all time-travelling hotties are good – and that they really should steer clear of the gent’s.

The success of a film like this depends to a huge extent on the players and fortunately Carrivick (whose TV credits range from Vicar Of Dibley to Two Pints of Lager...) has chosen wisely. O’Dowd, star of The IT Crowd and one of the best things in Annie Griffin’s ensemble comedy Festival , is a natural comic actor and his two foils are no slouches either. Wootton is a very believable fellow nerd, forever dreaming up ideas that will blow Hollywood away, just as soon he’s finished polishing the script, of course. Kelly (a mainstay of Shameless for several years) overdoes the Gallagher-esque Manc wideboy act in the early scenes but becomes convincingly wired and paranoid as the member of the trio who always seems to draw the short straw when visiting alternative universes.

Faris, a long way away from The House Bunny and a long way up from Scary Movie , is a game and glamorous foil to these wacky British guys. Mathieson’s script provides regular but not continuous laughs and there are times when the limits of the budget do become apparent. But in the main this is a fun, quirky film that could well be a post-pub favourite in the making. Given time, of course.

Director: Gareth Carrivick

Writer: Jamie Mathieson

Starring: Anna Faris, Chris O’Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton

Runtime: 86 minutes

Country: UK

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Screenwriter Jamie Mathieson deserves a lot of credit for a tightly structured set-up... The trouble is the banter is a stairway to nowhere; the punchlines wither in the actors' mouths, raising weak smiles but no belly laughs.

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...an amiable, well-meaning bit of escapist sci-fi...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 8, 2011

There are some good ideas, but I was disappointed not to get an ending that pieced everything together into a satisfying chain of events. The film provokes questions, all right, but too many are left unanswered.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 28, 2009

Through no particular fault of the performers, it is pointless, perfunctory and painfully unfunny.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2009

While entertaining, this feels like it belongs on TV.

Overcoming a limited budget with imagination and charismatic characters, it's a minor miracle to see a British movie take on a subject matter monopolised by Hollywood and emerge on level terms.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2009

A good effort, but ultimately one that may have been more suited to a TV special than a fully-fledged feature, FAQ... is like that geeky friend you really want to like - if only they'd sort out their BO problem and stop talking about Deep Space Nine.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 25, 2009

An undercooked, rapidly unravelling script, low-grade production values (is that the best future costume you have?), plodding direction and an apologetically crap ending are not worth the price of a cinema ticket in these belt-tightening times.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 25, 2009

While it doesn't quite achieve the same standards as its recent forebears in British genre comedy, this modest film has amiable, convoluted charm.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

Refreshingly, director Carrivick's feature debut is both dark, compelling and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.

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This is the worst film of the week, a dire British comedy, to which the only honest response is to soil and then set fire to the Union flag in the foyer of your local cinema.

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What do you get if you take Shaun Of The Dead, subtract the zombies and add time travel? Sadly, not Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2009

This engaging comedy feels like a stretched-out TV pilot, but is nicely put together, with enough laughs to make a refreshing change from usual Brit film fare..

Full Review | Apr 24, 2009

A British "comedy" which is stuck in the past, a time when someone mixing up Star Wars and Star Trek was a gag.

The film resembles nothing so much as an indifferent and wildly over-stretched episode of space sitcom Red Dwarf.

One or two amusing moments, but not sustainable for 90 minutes.

Enjoyable comedy with likeable characters, several witty one-liners and an engaging plot, but you can't help feeling they could have done a lot more with the premise.

Sub-Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy rubbish.

"HOW hard can it be to make a film that doesn't suck?" asks bitter wannabe-screenwriter Toby early on. Anyone stumbling out of this latest Britcom would be forgiven for wondering the same thing, given that it sucks like a black hole.

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Reel review: ‘frequently asked questions about time travel’.

By Anna Husted EBS Film Critic

On a typical night out at the pub, three best friends Ray (Chris O’Dowd), Toby (Marc Wootton) and Pete (Dean Lennox Kelly) accidentally invent a time-traveling device. Ray stumbles upon this invention when a pretty blonde named Cassie (Anna Farris) introduces herself as a woman from the future who has always wanted to meet the famous inventors.

The three nerds, or “imagineers” as Ray prefers to the offensive “n” word, do not believe Cassie initially, but then strange rifts in time begin to happen. In one instance, Pete returns to the pub from the bathroom and finds everyone murdered. In another, the entire town has been destroyed. Cassie’s presence has caused all hell to break lose in the future, which in turn affects the friends’ present.

Without giving away too many of the frequently asked questions, there a few typical time-travel inquiries that preoccupy the friends: What happens when you see your present self? Does traveling through time age the traveler? Can you travel back in time to before the time-traveling device was invented?

I love talking about time travel and parallel universes so I appreciate seeing it depicted in an interesting way on screen. Even more so, I love seeing time travel depicted with that British underdog sense of humor—like the friends pointing out that of course everyone in the future has an American accent; or in order to avoid seeing themselves in the present they have to hide in a tiny broom closet for what feels like days.

Another brilliant story device is that “Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel” takes place almost entirely in one location—the pub. The movie has a glorious runtime of one hour and 23 minutes so viewers don’t get bored or exhausted by that local drinking establishment. Plus, the pub acts as a totem marker for where travelers are in time. If the men’s bathroom is in disarray you know you are in the present, but if it ceases to exist at all you are in a future you don’t want to be in.

“Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel” is a little gem of a film made by Gareth Carrivick in 2009, his only feature film before his untimely death a year later. For me, Carrivick lives on as a great director of one highly entertaining film.

“Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel” is witty and relatable, and makes for great discussions about the rules of time travel. It starts and ends with a bang and, as Ray says, don’t think about time travel too hard or it’ll “turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it.”

“Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel” is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Anna Husted has a master’s in film studies from New York University. In Big Sky she can be found at the movies at Lone Peak Cinema or hiking up a mountain. When not gazing at the silver screen or watching her new favorite TV show, she’s running, fishing or roughhousing with her cat, Indiana Jones.

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Review: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

Directed by Gareth Carrivick, 2009.

In the last two decades, there certainly was no shortage of time travel movies. Some turned out great, and some were pretty bad. Time travel movies – and time travel in general – always contain at least one paradox, namely a ‘version’ of the grandfather paradox. Someone from the future causes something in the past which renders the future that changed the past impossible. Every time travel movie has its own rules. Good times travel movies know their own rules, and above all, their own paradoxes. They play into these paradoxes, explain them, or at the very least acknowledge them. Looper (2012) does neither one of those things. The movie is so inherently inconsistent about its own rules of cause and effect that the only thing there is left to figure out is why it has such a high rating on IMDb.

Making a time travel movie requires a good script, and above all a story that at least to some point challenges your intelligence to figure out the plot. After seeing Looper I was in dire need to watch such a time travel movie. Therefore, I turned to Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) which is, naturally, about time travel. Both the screenwriters and the characters in the movie themselves knew the rules, knew the paradoxes, and decided to have a little bit of meta-humorous fun with it. Save yourself a box-office ticket to disappointment, and watch this movie instead of Looper … Don’t you wish you could go back in time to warn yourself to wait for the DVD release sometimes?

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Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future

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I think I'm all burned out on time travel now.

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Sacked from his role as a Space Ranger – on the Star Ride at a theme park – for being a little over-enthusiastic and making a room full of children cry, Ray ( IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd) heads to the pub with co-workers Pete (Dean Lennox Kelly) and Toby (Marc Wootton).

Over a few pints they discuss the state of Hollywood and being a nerd, or rather ‘imagineer’ as they don’t like to use the ‘N’ word. When Ray goes to get a round in, he’s stopped by Anna Farris’ Cassie, who tells him that she’s from the future and is there to repair a time leak. Ray, unconvinced, returns to Pete and Toby and congratulates them on their wind up. It’s not until Pete time travels after a trip to the gents that it transpires that it wasn’t a wind-up at all and the lads embark on a number of time jumps.

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel never quite escapes from feeling as though made for TV. The combination of the budget and the performances from those involved contribute towards this.

Given the fact that this is an early, if not first, foray into movies for many of those involved, it’s perhaps not a huge surprise that this is the case. Director Gareth Carrivick’s previous work has ranged from the sublime This Morning With Richard Not Judy to the ridiculously awful Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. It’s writer Jamie Mathieson’s debut screenplay and the majority of the cast are better known for their TV performances. As a TV show, however, this may have worked quite well.

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It’s not a terrible film; it just never seems to get going. A few minor chuckles aside, there’s a distinct lack of laugh-out-loud moments. The lack of chemistry between the three male leads makes the ‘banter’ seem awkward. Chris O’Dowd manages to perform admirably, despite the lack of chemistry, displaying just the right amount of charm and affability to make Ray a likeable character. I’m unconvinced that he’s leading man material, but I’m sure he’ll appear in plenty more movies. Anna Farris puts in a decent performance as Cassie, although she’s criminally underused. It’s baffling to see the appeal the material posed to a star such as Farris.

“How hard can it be to make a film that doesn’t suck?” ponders Marc Wootton’s Toby fairly early on in the movie. I’m sure many negative reviews of this movie will have picked up on this comment and used it as ammunition to criticise the movie. It would be unfair to say that the movie sucks, as stated previously, it’s not a terrible film. There are some decent ideas and given a bit more attention and budget I’m sure it would have been a better movie.

Around its release I saw a lot of posters for Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel with quotes comparing it to Shaun Of The Dead . If you’re expecting anything near as entertaining as Shaun Of The Dead , or a film that shows anywhere near the level of charm or attention to detail, you’ll be disappointed. Quite a lot is packed in to the runtime which clocks in at just under 90 minutes and there a number of geek culture reference points – which are expected in a movie such as this.

Apart from a selection of trailers ( Daybreakers, Crank 2 and Drag Me To Hell) and English subtitles for the hearing impaired there are no special features. With the lack of features and the quality of the film, I wouldn’t recommend a purchase. However, if you’re a fan of any of those involved it’s worth renting.

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• While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.
• The script, written by Jamie Mathieson, follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Faris plays a girl from the future who sets the adventure in motion. — anonymous
• Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future. They are stuck in boring jobs with no prospects. They are frustrated and life on the whole looks uneventful. They are about to sit down and have an average night out in their local pub, a few beers, a bit of banter and joking, and putting the world to rights. There is no reason to suspect anything unusual is going to happen. The first geek, Ray, has a well-known obsession with time travel, so when he is approached by Cassie, a woman who claims to be from the future, he naturally suspects a prank. The second geek, Toby, is obsessed with films, and upon hearing Ray's story of the woman from the future, naturally assumes that Ray is pitching him a film plot. And Pete, the cynic, naturally doesn't believe any of it, until he accidentally stumbles through a time leak into the future of the bar -- which happens to be full of dead people, including himself. This triggers the start of a series of accidental trips back and forth through time, during which our heroes frantically try to avoid multiple earlier versions of themselves, to avoid creating a time paradox, in an attempt to unravel the mystery of just who is trying to kill them and why. When Ray and Cassie get together in the garden and the world spins back on its axis, everything is back to how it should be. Or is it? When Ray mentions the other woman he met in the bar, Millie, to Cassie all hell breaks loose... Serious questions are raised, such as; exactly what are the golden rules of time travel? What exactly is a paradox? And what's really so bad about ceasing to exist? Whose round is it? Is the sell-by date on a packet of crisps really that important? And most importantly of all, can Ray get it on with Cassie, the woman from the future? British comedians Chris ODowd, Marc Wootton and Dean Lennox Kelly star with Anna Faris for Gareth Carrivick, making his feature directorial debut with a script from first time feature writer Jamie Mathieson.

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A 2009 comedy science-fiction film about time-travel starring Chris O'Dowd & Anna Faris and made by the BBC.

Ray, a science-fiction "imagineer" , has just been fired from his job as an entertainer at a theme park. He goes to their local pub that night with his friends, fellow nerd Toby, and Pete who is less than enthused about the concept of Sci-Fi. Ray happens to run into a lady named Cassie, who claims to be a time-traveller from the future. Pete tops this story, however, when he returns from the bathroom having seen the entire pub massacred at some point in the near future. From this point, the three friends have a mighty misadventure going in and out of the time-rift gents, landing them 30 minutes in the past, then in peril, then substantially less peril, then life-threatening peril.

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• Anachronism Stew : The trio dressed like hobos in the distant future, also discussed by Ray and Cassie in regards to the mechanics of Time Travel itself.
• Pete implies that the far-future has terrible things in it that only come out at night. He admits it might have been the past, but if it was, then our fossil record "is far from complete".
• Bait-and-Switch : When in the far future, the trio hear a unnerving noise that sounds like giant insects approaching. They flee, only for the noise to be from a man pushing a rusty shopping trolley... and then he gets his head bitten off by a giant ant.
• Big Damn Heroes : Ray showing up with his big gun to confront Millie during the film's climax. it doesn't work out as planned.
• Big "NO!" : Ray when trying to stop Millie from shooting Toby.
• Brief Accent Imitation : In the opening scene, Ray does a decent American accent (albeit with a bit of Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping ).
• Subverted with Ray, whose tendency to get too in-character as a Space Marine gets him fired from his job.
• Butterfly of Doom : Mentioned by Ray several times, though never actually seems to happen until the end, where changing history seems to have created an Alternate Universe .
• Chekhov's Gun : Ray's Mark IV Carbomite Assault Staff which is introduced in the opening scene and gets used by Ray against Millie in the climax.
• Chekhov's Hobby : Ray's knowledge about his machine gun scares Millie enough for her to let go of Toby.
• Cool Gate : Cassie's time portal in the last scene.
• Dramatic Gun Cock : Ray does this with his Mark IV Carbomite Assault Staff when having Millie at gun point.
• Excessive Steam Syndrome : Invoked during Ray's opening star ship simulation.
• Expository Hairstyle Change : Cassie has a different hairstyle every time she and Ray meet. This is because months have passed for her.
• Future Loser : Played straight with Pete, who becomes a nervous wreck after traveling randomly through time for two months.
• Futureshadowing : Used several times, firstly when Pete briefly sees the massacred pub in the future, but we don't realize it's because a Time Traveller was trying to kill Ray, Pete and Toby until the very end where such a thing happens, nor do we see why they become famous in the future. A very subtle one is also used when the Trio first travel in time, a disguised Ray from further still in the future is seen standing next to Present Ray for a moment, but it's not revealed until later.
• Hair Flip : Cassie when taking off her helmet in the last scene.
• Handshake Refusal : Ray's boss fires him and refuses to shake hands.
• Leading to the amusing revelation that Paris Hilton either wasn't remembered in the future, or at some point was wiped from history and no-one noticed, cared, or wanted to change things back.
• Insistent Terminology : "Science fiction", not "sci-fi". Also, "imagineer" instead of "nerd".
• It Was Here, I Swear! : When Pete want to show his friends the massacre he witnessed at the pub, it's gone.
• MacGuffin : Toby's paper.
• My Own Grampa : Referenced by name by Ray. Don't fuck anyone! Or you might end up being your own Grandfather.
• Noodle Incident : When future Pete with his Time-Passage Beard meets his friends, they ask what he has been through, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Ever again! We later learn that he spent two months in the forest, and has been hopping around history long enough to know that "they hunt in packs".
• Not What It Looks Like : The old man being shocked by the threesome conga line in the gents room.
• Our Time Machine Is Different : The Time Travelers have their machines built into their very bones, allowing them to Time Travel at will.
• Out of Time, Out of Mind : Averted. Pete disappears for what looks like two seconds to Ray, Toby and the viewer, but to him it was at least two months, and he's lost his mind in the meantime. For the rest of the movie he's a little bit off .
• Pants-Free : When Ray goes to talk to his boss, we see that he wore sweatpans to his funky space suit top.
• Reveal Shot : When Ray's finished his powerful Rousing Speech we get a look at the audience which turns out to be a bunch of first graders.
• Rousing Speech : Ray gives one to the crowd of kids in the opening scene.
• Samus Is a Girl : Cassie in the final scene looks like a man when exiting the portal in her shiny armor and face-concealing helmet.
• Sarcasm-Blind : Toby, upon Ray's sarcastic question if he would like to stock up on the buffet at the look-alike-party.
• Searching the Stalls : Plot point, as Ray misses to search the last stall where the gang from another timeline hides. Just imagine what could have happened if they met .
• Several works of fiction are also mentioned such as Doctor Who , Flash Gordon , Aliens , among possibly others.
• Some sight gags referencing Time Travel movies i.e. Pete lifting his shades to see his watch as in the Back to the Future poster. Also Planet of the Apes (1968) . Not to mention the movie posters when the trio pass the movie theater with the production names of movies like Back to the Future and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .
• Toby's scarf bears more than a passing resemblance to that worn by Tom Baker's Doctor .
• The White Horse pub has the same name as a real world pub where British SF writers—including Arthur C. Clarke (who based his Tales from the White Hart on it), John Wyndham , and John Christopher —and fans used to have a weekly get-together.
• Future Pete spent two month in the forest in between visits to the bathroom.
• The Stinger : First the end credits are being interrupted by Ray, Pete and a double of Pete. After the credits are fully finished, another 20 second scene features Toby being chased by an animalistic double. As Ray and Pete look on, the double of Pete says "this is all getting a little bit too complicated."
• Terminator Twosome : Cassie and Millie .
• Time-Passage Beard : Future Pete sports one, after having spent two month in the wilderness.
• Time Police : Cassie belongs to one of these organizations.
• Time Travel : Pretty self explanatory from the title.
• Timey-Wimey Ball : Averted for most of the movie, all the Trio's time traveling antics don't change time, for example a Future Ray is seen in the red hoodie before we see him put it on and travel back , until the ending where destroying the note that makes the Trio famous reverses time and creates an Alternate Universe .
• Turn in Your Badge : The treatment Ray gets from his boss early on.
• The Unreveal : The audience never learns what the great idea that made them famous was.
• Weapon Stomp : Millie steps on the mysterious note that Toby is trying to reach in the film's climax.
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Dive into the dating scene with confidence! Copilot brings you savvy advice on making connections, sparking conversations, and creating lasting impressions. Just type ‘Dating Tips’ for your cupid’s guide!” 💡❤️ 

Food for Thought

Craving something delicious? Let Copilot be your culinary sidekick! From exploring new recipes to healthy eating habits, we’ve got the scoop. let’s get munching! 🍽️🥗 

Sports Central

Game on! Whether you’re a casual fan or a stats geek, Copilot has all the sports action you need. Scores, schedules, and more—dive into the excitement! 🏋️‍♂️🏀 

Melody on Demand

Feeling the need for a musical uplift? Ask Copilot to tune into your vibe with personalized playlists, concert updates, and music trivia. Let’s hit a high note together! 🎶🎵 

Time Well Spent

Got a moment to spare? Let Copilot entertain you with fun facts, brain teasers, and quirky challenges. Just say ‘I am bored’ and let Copilot turn your spare moments into treasure! 🎮⏳ 

Travel Made Simple

Planning a trip abroad or a short weekend getaway with friends. Just ask Copilot to get personalized travel itineraries, recommended local attractions and so much more. Let the journey begin! 🌍✈️

Fitness Frenzy

Get fit, feel great! Let Copilot be your personal trainer. From home workouts to gym routines, we’re here to pump you up. let’s get moving! 💪🏋️‍♀️ 

Frequently asked questions

Copilot is a personal generative AI assistant powered by GPT model and Bing Search, available within Telegram. Copilot for Telegram uses natural language to provide responses on a range of topics, from seeking knowledge to travel tips to sports updates to movie recommendations. Let Copilot enhance your Telegram experience with its quick-witted assistance and endless curiosity. 

* Please note that Telegram is not a Microsoft product.  

You can use Copilot on Telegram desktop & mobile app or on Telegram web. 

If you already have Telegram app on your device or are already signed into Telegram web on your browser, click on this link to start interacting with Copilot. You can download & sign into Telegram app or sign into your Telegram web account and then click on this link to start interacting with Copilot. 

Alternatively, you can search for Copilot by typing @CopilotOfficialBot in the search bar within Telegram. 

Yes, Copilot for Telegram is currently in beta and free for all users.  

Copilot for Telegram is designed to work within the Telegram app available on various platforms including Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. If you have the Telegram app installed on your device, you should be able to use Copilot on any of these operating systems. You can use the web browser on your device to interact with Copilot on Telegram web.  

Copilot enhances your Telegram experience by unlocking the power of internet and AI. Here are some examples: 

• Information Search: Ask Copilot, to get comprehensive answers on quick facts or detailed research powered by Bing Search. 
• Travel Planning: Dreaming of your next vacation? Copilot can suggest destinations and even help plan your itinerary. 
• Fitness Guidance: Want to start a new workout routine? Copilot can provide fitness tips and exercise plans. 
• Entertainment Updates: Curious about the latest movies or music? Copilot keeps you in the loop with entertainment news and recommendations. 
• Leisure & Laughs: Need a quick chuckle or a way to relax? Copilot can tell you a joke, share a funny gif, or suggest a casual game to unwind. 
• Copilot beta for Telegram currently supports only text chat requests. 

Simply type in your question, instruction or thought like you would do in any 1-1 chat, and let Copilot provide you with answers, suggestions, and more. 

Copilot generates content based on language patterns it has found throughout the internet. Sometimes its results will be very similar to existing internet content or Copilot might generate the same or very similar content for multiple people who are prompting Copilot in the same way. 

For example, everyone who instructs Copilot to create a "recipe for apple pie" is likely to wind up with identical or nearly identical content. 

Copilot on Telegram relies on the same safety infrastructure as the Microsoft Copilot experience, which was developed in accordance with Microsoft’s AI Principles, Microsoft’s Responsible AI Standard, and in partnership with responsible AI experts across the company. 

Responsible Artificial Intelligence (Responsible AI) is an approach to developing, assessing, and deploying AI systems in a safe, trustworthy, and ethical way. AI systems are the product of many decisions made by those who develop and deploy them. From system purpose to how people interact with AI systems, Responsible AI can help proactively guide these decisions toward more beneficial and equitable outcomes. That means keeping people and their goals at the center of system design decisions and respecting enduring values like fairness, reliability, and transparency. 

Microsoft developed a Responsible AI Standard . It's a framework for building AI systems according to six principles: fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability. For Microsoft, these principles are the cornerstone of a responsible and trustworthy approach to AI, especially as intelligent technology becomes more prevalent in products and services that people use every day. 

For more information visit our Responsible AI site . 

Copilot is built on Microsoft's comprehensive approach to security, compliance, and privacy. For more information about privacy, please visit: Privacy Statement . 

Copilot is like having a research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side whenever you search the web. With this set of AI-powered features, you can: 

• Ask your actual question. When you ask complex questions, Bing gives you detailed replies.  
• Get an actual answer. Copilot looks at search results across the web to offer you a summarized answer and links to its sources.  
• Be creative. When you need inspiration, Copilot can help you write poems or stories.  

With the Copilot experience, you can also ask follow-up questions such as, “can you explain that in simpler terms,” or, “give me more options” to get different and even more detailed answers in your search. However, in Copilot, each conversation will have a limited number of interactions, to keep the interactions grounded in search. 

Copilot builds on the existing Bing experience to provide you with a new type of search.   

• Beyond generating a list of relevant links, Copilot consolidates reliable sources across the web to give you a single, summarized answer.   
• Search in a way that feels natural to how you talk, text, and think. Copilot takes your complex searches and shares back a detailed response.   
• In the Copilot experience, you can chat naturally and ask follow-up questions to your initial search to get detailed replies.  

Copilot can be used as a creative tool. It can help you write poems, stories, or even share ideas for a project. 

While Copilot works to avoid sharing unexpected offensive content in search results and has taken steps to prevent its Copilot features from engaging on potentially harmful topics, you may still see unexpected results. We’re constantly working to improve our technology in preventing harmful content.   

If you encounter harmful or inappropriate content, please provide feedback, or report a concern by sending /feedback in the chat window of Copilot on Telegram. You can also report your concern here: https://www.microsoft.com/concern/bing   

We will continue working with user feedback to provide a safe experience for all. 

Copilot aims to base all its responses on reliable sources - but AI can make mistakes, and third-party content on the internet may not always be accurate or reliable. Copilot will sometimes misrepresent the information it finds, and you may see responses that sound convincing but are incomplete, inaccurate, or inappropriate. Use your own judgment and double check the facts before making decisions or taking action based on Copilot’s responses. 

To share your feedback or report a concern, refer to the previous FAQ. 

• * Feature availability and functionality may vary by device type, market, and browser version.

Average Wake-Up Time by Country 2024

We know what time we wake up in our own country, but what is the average wake up time by country? While early risers like Costa Rica and Colombia typically wake up before 7 AM, other average wake up time by country data reveals that some countries sleep in, including Greece and Saudi Arabia , which don't normally wake until nearly 8:30 AM.

According to data, most of us, however, have a tendency to wake sometime during the 7 o'clock hour. That includes the US which sits right in the middle of the pack with an average wake-up time of 7:20 AM. Here is a look at the average wake up times of countries around the .globe.

As the average wake up time by country list reflects, countries wake up at various times throughout the morning, with even the later risers like Kuwait and Spain all waking within the 8 o'clock hour. There also appears to be no real rhyme or reason as to why some countries wake before 7 AM and others sleep in until after 8 AM.

What is certain, according to this wake up data, is that the entire world is up and moving by 9 AM. What time your country gets up may not align with your personal schedule, but that also applies to anyone with a second, third, or swing-shift schedule. That's okay, it is still interesting information to know.

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