Windows update accidentally removes Copilot - Hypertext
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Microsoft is working on a fix but you can still download and install Copilot from the Windows Store.
  • A bug in the most recent Windows 11 update removes Copilot from systems entirely.
  • Microsoft is currently working on a fix but those who need the app can simply redownload and install it from the Windows Store.
  • The update also introduced a bug for Roblox players on Arm hardware.
  • notannpc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1411·
    14 hours ago

    Microsoft accidentally made windows better in an update for the first time in years 😂

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    135·
    17 hours ago

    Update KB5053598 is a very simple update that includes “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality”

    Removing Copilot wasn’t unintentional at all. They said so right there in the release notes.

    • bdot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      12 hours ago

      i believe you’re on to something, with the thought that removing it wasn’t unintentional…

      i am willing to bet it was deliberate, but as a way to catch more users who refuse to upgrade from Win10 BECAUSE of Copilot. once they get more users to adopt, they simply put it back in, in one of their updates

      • fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        6 minutes ago

        I think they just made a release without it (for EU or stuff) and either forgot to turn in back on for regular releases, or it didn’t because of a bug.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      "But imagine that in a decade maximum, your computer would have full conscience and be like Torment Nexus from the hit novel series “Don’t Build the Torment Nexus”.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    57·
    19 hours ago

    Will be hard to argue that it cannot be removed, like they did with internet exploder…

  • Dalaryous@lemmy.mlEnglish
    271·
    23 hours ago

    Please don’t fix it; we’re ok living with this bug.

    Thanks, 98% of your users

  • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
    902·
    21 hours ago

    Honestly this sounds like a veteran MS dev who wanted to ensure he had a good ISO build of windows to install without AI shit down the line after he retired. Props to whatever MS dev (or devs) made this happen

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    65·
    22 hours ago

    This is like a vet telling me they accidentally removed a life threatening tumor in my dog while doing something else.

    Like damn not sure how you did that by accident but wait what don’t try to put it back what the hell?

    Also did you just put ads INSIDE MY DOG? What the hell is wrong with you?

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      40·
      23 hours ago

      Completely unrelated segue, but your comment reminded me of this one vet appointment I had with my dog.

      He was in for having his teeth cleaned, and came out with his claws trimmed. They managed to cut into his quick on five claws. I don’t even know how they managed to do that, I don’t do that and I don’t have the advantage of him being sedated when I clip them. Then they had the absolute gall to charge me for trimming his claws.

      To top it all off; I had an appointment booked with the groomer next-door a couple of days after that so their “service” was unwarranted and unwelcome.

    • lath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      22 hours ago

      Not your dog, you only own the license to have them as a pet and it can be withdrawn at any time.

  • meeeeetch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    23 hours ago

    Too late. I already jumped ship because of Copilot’s “Recall”, and I’m not interested in going through a round of partitioning the hard drive and installing a new OS so soon.

      • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        20 hours ago

        I’d prefer AI cores, just like I prefer HW based AES instructions: present and up to my discretion as to how I choose to use them, or not.

        • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          11 hours ago

          If it’s a choice between AI-accelerated cores and nothing, sure, but that silicon space could have been used for AVX-512 or a bigger cache instead.