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Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by vrighter »

kenjackson wrote: post #503
Zardoz84 wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can update without locking the computer. You know... like is done in Linux for a very long time. I have a nice memory of doing a full update of Kubuntu to the next version at the same time that I was playing a AAA game without issues or interruptions.

I hadn’t seen Linux do that. How do they fully do it without ever locking or rebooting the system?

on linux, if a file is open by one or more programs, and the file is deleted (and replaced, usually, during updates) then the original file isn't actually deleted until everyone who is currently uses it closes it. You never get a "file is in use" error.

Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by aeuropean12 »

This is an awful initiative, if true. For a company like Microsoft with (to say the least) a strained relationship with privacy advocates, users, and corporations - This can only lead to even less trust in Microsoft's business practices.

Thank you for sharing.

Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by hollandheese »

snarfy wrote: post #416
ChicagoDave wrote: post #127

Microsoft has gone full-blown evil corporation again. No customer validation on any of the AI cruft. No full OPT OUT. Office products are bastardized with copilot buttons everywhere. I've been a Windows user from day one and I now see a future without it. Satya had been a bright spot in Microsoft, but this blind lust for AI, especially in bed with Altman who is pure con artist, is unforgivable. Some of the investment…

It reminds me of the Xbox One release. They basically had the market with the earlier release compared to Sony's PS4, but then pushed the thing as a media/entertainment glorified roku box not gaming console. They didn't care what you want only what they wanted to sell you, and they were pushing NFL deals not gaming. Nobody wants this Copilot everywhere, but they sure are pushing it anyway. It's like they completely f…

You're mixing up the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One releases. Xbox 360 came out a year before the PS3.

Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by Anamon »

krackers wrote: post #63
the_snooze wrote: post #39

>For example, if you ask ChatGPT’s Agent to book a travel, it’ll open Chromium on Linux in an Azure container, search the query, visit different websites, navigate each page and book a flight ticket using your saved credentials. An AI Agent tries to mimic a human, and it can perform tasks on your behalf while you sit back and relax. Big tech has repeatedly shown that they are not good stewards of end users' privacy a…

I think it's hilariously tone deaf that travel booking and shopping are the two examples of "agentic" AI that keep popping up.

It's like the "store your recipes" to sell home computers 45 years ago. Not the problem we need solved.

Or the "write code more quickly" for LLMs. NOT the problem we need solved.

Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by Anamon »

anhner wrote: post #380
frfl wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, guess you're married to Windows if those are your requirements. Proton runs most games these days[1] (but not all). Apparently older Windows app/games run better on Proton/Wine than Windows (better citation needed) [2]. [1]: https://www.protondb.com/explore [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1kjib0y/is_th...

They can just run a windows VM which shouldn't require too much memories for the kinds of games they want to play.

No VM solution I know of supports 3D-accelerated graphics. VMware Workstation used to, but they removed it years ago because it was a security risk (direct access to 3rd-party drivers on the host).

VMs are useless for most gaming.

For games up to around the late 90s, and if you have a real beast of a machine, full emulation such as with PCem is the best option.

Re: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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Post by anhner »

Anamon wrote: post #656
anhner wrote: post #380

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can just run a windows VM which shouldn't require too much memories for the kinds of games they want to play.

No VM solution I know of supports 3D-accelerated graphics. VMware Workstation used to, but they removed it years ago because it was a security risk (direct access to 3rd-party drivers on the host). VMs are useless for most gaming. For games up to around the late 90s, and if you have a real beast of a machine, full emulation such as with PCem is the best option.

I haven't used a VM for gaming recently so I didn't know they don't support graphics anymore. That's a bummer!
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