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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by bux93 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:18AM (#45963358)
They put a copilot button in Outlook. Which, when ask, gladly confesses it doesn't have access to your mail or calendar, completely negating any value it could possibly have.
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by eurekin on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:52AM (#45963542)
My personal headcannon is, that it's mostly for telemetrics and KPI scamming, so stakeholders can reap the bonus based on engagement metrics
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by steve1977 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:56AM (#45963559)
Just Microsoft doing Microsoft things. Cue the James Franco First Time? meme...
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by gavinward on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:57AM (#45966035)
The same with the AI thing Meta added to Whatsapp. After spending a while trying to search for a message whose exact wording I couldn't remember, but whose content was easily described, I thought I'd give the bot a try. Turns out it doesn't have access to my messages.

I expect MS will get there long before Meta does given they don't have the encryption issue to contend with.

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