Noticed this while I was going through bank statement .pdfs on my computer. What would Co-Pilot even do with those???
At least Co-Pilot turned out to be easy to uninstall. This was a real sneaky move though, since it’s not like it showed up after a Windows update, instead it just silently installed itself on my fucking computer. Also, just the sheer fucking gall to make it the first option when you right click on anything
I foolishly assumed Microsoft wouldn’t bother pushing AI as hard onto Win10 since they’re dumping it soon. At first I panicked and thought this was Recall, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s coming next
And then you try to open the image file on a non-Windows system and discover that it’s actually just a text file with a prompt. Your actual Image is now part of copilot’s training data and you’ve agreed to this by accepting the Windows EULA.
“Save storage space with copilot!”