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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure
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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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And Microsoft is stuffing AI straight into Windows.
Betchya dollars to fines that this will happen a lot more frequently as normal users begin to try to use Copilot.
An unstable desktop environment reintroduces market for anti-virus, backup, and restore. Particularly, with users who don’t understand this stuff and are more likely to shell out cash for it.