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Remove Windows AI tool has gone viral.<\/p>\n
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There are lots of things that have gone viral, for all sorts of different reasons. The latest viral craze struck after a developer released a tool to strip Windows of its AI capabilities, and X is lapping it up.<\/p>\n
ForbesMicrosoft And CISA Issue Critical New Alert, Windows Attacks ConfirmedBy Davey Winder<\/a>RemoveWindowsAI Script Nukes Microsoft AI<\/p>\n As first reported by Josh Quittner, CEO of Decrypt, the \u201cRemoveWindowsAI<\/a>\u201d tool that claims to get rid of Microsoft Windows 11 AI components, including Copilot, Recall and more, has gone viral after Tom D\u00f6rr, who tweets about AI projects, posted about it<\/a> on X. The developer, known as zoicware, referring to the AI features and components of Windows 11, said that the script \u201caims to remove all of these features to improve user experience, privacy and security.\u201d<\/p>\n That it has gone viral so quickly, Quittner said<\/a>, reflects \u201cpersistent user concerns over privacy and performance in the company’s AI integrations\u201d among Microsoft Windows users. <\/p>\n ForbesFBI Issues Photo Attack Warning For Facebook, LinkedIn And X UsersBy Davey Winder<\/a><\/p>\n The tool itself, the developer said on GitHub, disables Windows registry keys, disables Copilot, disables Recall, disables Input insights and typed data harvesting, disables AI in Paint, removes the AI Fabric Service, disables AI voice effects, disables AI in settings search and prevents the reinstallation of AI packages. It would appear to do this by way of a custom Windows Update package to prevent such installation in the component-based servicing store.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, not all features and settings can be disabled via a script,\u201d zoicware warned, but it provided a guide to manually remove or disable additional AI features. I\u2019m not a fan of anything that messes with Windows Update<\/a> in any way, to be honest, and as such would recommend caution before installing this or any similar package. \u201cThe script is open-source and carries warnings to create backups before application,\u201d Quittner pointed out. <\/p>\n X users, of course, did not disappoint with their comments. One said that they had already removed Microsoft AI, along with Windows itself, using Linux<\/a> Arch. Another asked why anyone bothered with half measures and suggested it was better just to remove Windows 11. I reached out to Microsoft regarding the Remove Windows AI script, but have not received a statement at the time of publication. <\/p>\n