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Microsoft confirms an AI worm is propagating through Copilot and other MS apps | CSO Online (www.csoonline.com)
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[–] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

copilot should just be prompting the user for permission if it ever edits a file other than the one that is open. Im surprised that isnt already the case…?

That can't be done or they would be burying the "agentic AI" thing that has been the goal and marketing thing for the last years.

Independent actions by copilot on behalf of the user without the users knowledge is the entire point.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

And I couldn't want anything less for my computers.