Microsoft debuts Copilot Actions for agentic AI-driven Windows tasks

Microsoft announced Copilot Actions for Windows 11, an agentic feature that lets AI agents interact with local apps and files to perform tasks. The article describes security and privacy controls including separate standard Windows accounts per agent, isolated Agent Workspaces implemented as RDP child sessions, limited default folder access, digitally signed agents with revocation capability, and user controls to enable and monitor agents; the feature will roll out to Windows Insiders and is off by default.