Microsoft says the new AI agents can find and change settings for users when given a natural language command.

“We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents,” Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. “An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks.”

  • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
    18·
    16 hours ago

    The last time finding settings in Windows was straight forward was Windows 95. Since the stupid dumbed down ‘settings’ app was vomited upon us, it has been nearly impossible to find the thing you know is there but has now been renamed and moved, and isn’t even indexed in the settings app search bar.

      • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
        4·
        10 hours ago

        Have you tried to configure gnome beyond what is offered in its GUI ?

        • Mesophar@pawb.socialEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          The reasoning I moved from Windows to Linux was this right here.

          If I’m going to be fighting with Windows anyway, because of the registry giving me issues, then the drawback of “but Linux hard! You have to configure things!” was moot.

        • FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          No, I’m a happy i3wm user.

          Because I’ve tried to get GNOME to do what I wanted. (Also it was too slow on the machines I was using at the time).

          And that’s besides the point: on linux you can just use a good DE without messing with much – KDE, cinnamon, etc…

    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      53·
      15 hours ago

      Just to be the devil’s advocate here: There are way more settings now than back then. That interface wouldn’t cut it either.