As Microsoft pushes Windows 11 to become an agentic OS full of AI tools, people are pushing back. Microsoft’s Windows lead, Pavan Davuluri, had to comment on the recent backlash surrounding the direction of Windows.
“But you can just turn AI features off,” you may say. “If you don’t like AI, just don’t use it.” If only it were that simple. Seemingly, Microsoft values AI so much that the company’s higher-ups are willing to strip features out of default apps in order to reduce Copilot’s competition.
