Windows introduces “experimental” Copilot Actions, enabling agents to interact with local files and apps — but also acknowledging risks like cross-prompt injection that could trigger unwanted actions 🖥️

Isolation efforts help, yet adding agentic automation still expands the attack surface 🔐

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2025/11/19/windows-announces-experimental-agentic-features-admits-potential-for-prompt-injection-and-malware/

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Windows Announces “Experimental Agentic Features,” Admits Potential for Prompt Injection and Malware

Windows will be getting a new feature called Copilot Actions that will allow Copilot to perform actions on behalf of the user by interacting with local files and applications.

Privacy Guides

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Lengerich, B.J., Caruana, R., Nunnally, M.E. et al. The hidden risk of round numbers and sharp thresholds in clinical practice. npj Digit. Med. 8, 711 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-02079-y

Facing up to face transplants: Pioneering transplants and their pioneering patients

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― Xavier Dolan

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What scientific methods can approach questions of future discovery?

Hub member and risk-communication scholar Andreas Schwarz and students at Ilmenau University of Technology are analyzing YouTube content about post-detection claims with data scientist Anamaria Berea (George Mason University) and the Hub at St Andrews.

Learn more about the work of the International Risk, Crisis & Science Communication Research Group:

https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/universitaet/fakultaeten/fakultaet-wirtschaftswissenschaften-und-medien/profil/institute-und-fachgebiete/institut-fuer-medien-und-kommunikationswissenschaft/forschung/international-risk-crisis-and-science-communication-research-group #SETI #Risk #Communication #PostDetection #Discovery

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