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Microsoft is hellbent on stuffing Windows 11 with AI \u2014 and many feel that this is coming at the expense<\/a> of the operating system\u2019s usability.<\/p>\n That aggrieved sentiment now seems more vindicated than ever, after Microsoft rolled out a new update that prevented users from shutting down their PCs \u2014 a core functionality that there should be zero excuses for not working.<\/p>\n The patch, released on January 13, was the first security update of the new year, and ultimately created more issues than it fixed. As Microsoft tells it<\/a>, a bug related to its System Guard Secure Launch security feature was preventing users from shutting down or hibernating their PCs, and instead caused them to get stuck in an endless shutdown loop in which they either didn\u2019t finish the process and stayed powered on, or simply restarted. This created a potential security risk for devices left unattended, not to mention an unnecessary strain on the power bill.<\/p>\n To fix the issue, Miscrosoft rushed out a emergency out-of-band update this Saturday, a typically rare intervention that these days is feeling more and more common, The Verge noted in its coverage<\/a>. And while the scale of the issue does not appear to be outright disastrous \u2014 as only PCs installed with an older edition of Windows 11, 23H2, and specifically the Enterprise or IoT editions, were affected \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s nonetheless an embarrassingly glaring oversight.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you vibe code an OS,\u201d joked<\/a> one Redditor, mocking Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella\u2019s boast<\/a> that as much as 30 percent of the company\u2019s code is now written with AI.<\/p>\n The buggy update comes as Microsoft is facing more and more heat for its Ahabian monomania for AI. Executives at the company have described<\/a> turning Windows 11 into an \u201cagentic OS\u201d and even a full-blown \u201ccanvas for AI.\u201d These changes have included stuffing Microsoft\u2019s AI chatbot Copilot in the OS\u2019 file explorer, and testing features like Copilot Vision and Copilot Actions, which collectively allow the AI to analyze user\u2019s screens to perform tasks on their behalf. The company has also frequently experimented<\/a> with new ways of shoving a button for Copilot into the system\u2019s interface.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not surprising, then, that earlier this month, the term \u201cMicroslop\u201d went viral online<\/a>. It was a direct response to Nadella\u2019s plea<\/a> that we should stop using the slang \u201cslop,\u201d the recently crowned<\/a> word-of-the-year for describing the shoddy text, images, and videos mass produced by AI models.<\/p>\n Ironically, Microsoft\u2019s obsession with AI also appears to be blowing back on the employees building it, as The Verge reported<\/a> last week that the company was shutting down its Redmond HQ library<\/a> in favor of pursuing an \u201cAI-powered learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n