By Chris Hoffman
Publication Date: 2026-06-06 12:55:00
SAN FRANCISCO—From the front row at the Build 2026 keynote, I watched Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promote Windows as the best platform for AI agents. Various Microsoft leaders then took the stage to demonstrate a new Windows companion app for the OpenClaw AI system. They proudly demonstrated the AI agent trying and failing to delete a folder of user files (thanks to new guardrails), before declaring OpenClaw safe to run on business PCs.
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