Microsoft has announced it is using artificial intelligence tools to automatically scan Windows for hidden security weaknesses — and the AI is already finding things that human researchers might have missed. Because of this, Microsoft says you should expect to see more security updates rolling out for Windows in the coming months as it patches these newly discovered issues.
This is genuinely good news. In the past, hackers often found these weaknesses first and exploited them before a fix was available. Now Microsoft’s AI is getting there ahead of them, meaning the problems get fixed quietly in the background before anyone can be harmed. More updates in your taskbar might seem like a nuisance, but each one is a door being locked before someone bad gets through.