Microsoft's New Patent Fights Hackers Who Hide Attacks Inside AI Chatbot Instructions
Every time you send a message to an AI chatbot, you're also sending hidden instructions the app set up in advance —…
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Microsoft's New Patent Keeps AI Answering Your Questions When the Internet Cuts Out
Most AI assistants become useless the moment your connection drops. Microsoft is filing a patent for a system that pre-loads a personalized…
Microsoft's New Patent Switches Its Camera's AI Off When Your Battery Needs a Break
Your laptop's camera could take better photos when the device has headroom to spare — and fall back to a faster, cheaper…
Microsoft's New Patent Lets You Hide Certain Windows from AI Screen Recorders
Microsoft wants to give you a way to mark certain app windows as off-limits to AI tools that record your screen —…
Microsoft's New Patent Replaces AI Chips with Beams of Light
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that performs AI calculations using grids of laser light rather than electrical circuits —…
Microsoft's New Patent Watches How You Move to Decide If You've Agreed to Be Tracked
Instead of burying a consent checkbox in a terms-of-service screen, Microsoft's new patent describes a system that watches how you physically move…
Microsoft's New Patent Carries Private Pre-Meeting Chats Into the Live Call
You've been whispering with a colleague in a private chat before a big call — and now Microsoft wants that conversation to…
Microsoft's New Patent Teaches AI to Click Through Software the Way a Person Would
Microsoft is working on an AI model that learns how to click through software interfaces the same way a person would —…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Pull Your Pre-Meeting Chat Into the Meeting Itself
Ever started a private side-chat with a coworker before a meeting, then had to scroll back through Teams to remember what you…
Microsoft's New Patent Routes Your AI Prompts to Whichever Server Answers Fastest
Before your prompt even reaches an AI model, Microsoft wants a separate system to predict how long the answer will be —…
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