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20251119 - Whoops! Microsoft's Windows AI agent platform lets in malware

Nov 19, 2025 · 4 min · 4.3 MB

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and you thought Windows was supposed to run software

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Sources:

Experimental Agentic Features https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/experimental-agentic-features-a25ede8a-e4c2-4841-85a8-44839191dfb3
Senior Product Designer https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-product-designer-at-microsoft-4319049090/?skipRedirect=true
Introducing Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzxwdNeSnKs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Microsoft's 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/
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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0Ix-Rz9ko&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3nP9EHINo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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