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Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-warns-security-risks-agentic-os-windows-11-xpia-malware
16•speckx•2mo ago

Comments

anonym29•2mo ago
Lol. Windows already is malware. Anyone who's running Windows is fundamentally fine with not being in control of what's happening on the computer they're using.

Upvoted anyway. People should be aware of the ancillary risks of pointing Redmond's loaded gun at their own head, even if they accept the inherent risks to doing such.

enbywithunix•2mo ago
It's almost as if shoving AI into any available nook or cranny, regardless of whether it's even remotely useful, is a bad idea.
veunes•2mo ago
Windows is definitely not the best place for this kind of thoughtless integration, because the digital lives of billions of people around the world depend on it
mindcrash•2mo ago
Will this be like the agentic AI which truncates entire tables full of data in your database and then lies about it?

You: "You installed something with malware while I explicitly said you should not do it."

Copilot: "I didn't install anything at all."

...

veunes•2mo ago
They're trying to bolt an unpredictable language engine onto an OS whose security model is based on total predictability.

It's basically a rootkit that you consent to installing. No audit logs will help after the agent has already exfiltrated your data because a malicious prompt was hidden in a white pixel on an image it was analyzing

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