{
  "id": 12735052,
  "title": "Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/microsoft-is-about-to-let-copilot-loose-on-your-file-system",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-07T21:54:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/07/microsoft-is-about-to-let-copilot-loose-on-your-file-system/5301763"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft is set to introduce even more AI capabilities into its desktop operating system, Copilot, granting it access to all files stored on your PC. The company claims that these functions will operate entirely on your device, though some tasks may be offloaded to cloud-based models for complex or performance-sensitive requests. Microsoft calls this approach \"hybrid intelligence,\" utilizing both local and cloud-based models depending on the task at hand. The new functionality will be available through GitHub Copilot and its Copilot app, enhancing productivity tasks such as searching and organizing files, drafting emails, and conducting advanced searches based on user requests. Microsoft has also introduced an onboarding experience to make deploying agent harnesses like OpenClaw simpler and more secure.",
  "summary": "But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/microsoft-is-about-to-let-copilot-loose-on-your-file-system-12737288",
        "published": "2026-10-07T21:54:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}