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Gaming Copilot is Watching You
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this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2025
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Well that's not ominous at all.
Someone wrote that code. I like to imagine that they know it's wrong, so they frame it as clearly as they can, without being fired. Guy could have written "Gaming Copilot is invading your privacy", or something like it, but that wouldn't pass.
With Microsoft, that code could have been written by AI too.
Its frankly fucking comedic. Someone seriously thought that was a good way for it to communicate that its turned on ๐
I mean, it's apt. But companies are usually better at pretending they're not up to anything nefarious ๐
The box says "Gaming Copilot is watching YouTube", where "YouTube" is the name of the browser tab that was open when that screenshot was taken.
The dialog basically says "Gaming Copilot is watching [your currently opened app/tab]".
The text being cut off is making it look funny, but sadly no, no one wrote that message.
Ahh, thank you for correcting me, I appreciate it
Have a good one!