By Victor Tangermann
Publication Date: 2026-02-14 18:30:00
As Microsoft continues to force AI features onto users of its Windows operating system and other crucial software, glaring issues keep cropping up. Executives have promised to turn the platform into an “agentic OS” to the dismay of many users, with CEO Satya Nadella boasting that much of the company’s code is now being written by AI — while condemning those who use the newly-minted pejorative “Microslop.”
While new bugs in an operating system software update are certainly commonplace, some have noticed that the problem is getting worse than usual these days. Just last month, some Windows 11 enterprise users were aggravated after finding that their systems were stuck in an endless shutdown loop, a security risk if left unattended.
Even the company’s Notepad app, which once allowed users to jot down notes in plain text, has turned into a bloated, AI-enhanced security liability. As malware researchers from the collective vx-underground found, the app has a…
