The underlying AI features are here to stay, though
Microsoft quietly scraps plans to bring Copilot to notifications and Settings on Windows 11 as it moves to reduce AI bloat across the OS
Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach in the OS.
AI Is Killing Microsoft
Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, is struggling to show traction, causing the tech giant to continue falling behind. Investors are not happy.
Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for
Ever wish you could share a window with Copilot directly from the taskbar? No, neither have we.
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Hey Copilot, are you useful yet?
Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice
These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing.
Microsoft Copilot gets long-term memory, group chats, and new ‘Mico’ persona in latest update
Microsoft is rolling out a series of updates to its consumer Copilot AI assistant, including shared group chats, long-term memory, and an optional visual persona named Mico.
Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Exposes Microsoft 365 Copilot Data Without User Interaction
Critical zero-click AI vulnerability EchoLeak exposed sensitive Microsoft 365 Copilot data; Microsoft patched it to prevent data leaks.
Microsoft is opening its on-device AI models up to web apps in Edge
Edge continues to compete with Chrome.
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
Bastian Greshake Tzovaras (@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social)
It's great that a class of tool that by its very design is an unfixable security issue is forced into everything: «This works often enough that Måløy reported this to Microsoft as a security hole in March. He gave them a 90-day reporting window, Microsoft extended that twice to a total of 144 days, and they still didn’t have a solid fix. So Måløy posted about the hole on July 28th.» Copilot prompt injection goes viral in your documents https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/03/copilot-prompt-injection-goes-viral-in-your-documents/
Privacy apps Signal, Brave, and AdGuard push back against Windows Recall
Signal was one of the first apps to block Windows Recall from capturing screenshots of its interface, and more developers have since followed suit. This week, both...
AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
The best AI apps have zero AI features
Plaintext-first apps are naturally ready for the age of AI
Securing the Model Context Protocol: Building a safer agentic future on Windows
As AI agents become more capable and integrated into daily workflows, the need for secure, standardized communication between tools and agents has never been greater. At Microsoft Build 2025, we’re announcing an early preview of how Windows 11 is e
AI Agents Will Become the New UI, and Apps Take a Backseat
For decades, screens, keyboards, and structured applications have shaped our relationship with technology. People learned how to interact with computers
Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature is now blocked by Brave and AdGuard
App developers are pushing back against Recall
