By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2025-12-16 23:51:00
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 will ask for your consent before it allows an AI Agent to access your files stored in the six known folders, which include Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos. You can also customize file access permissions for each agent.
This clarification comes after growing concerns around Microsoft’s push to bring AI agents deeper into Windows. Over the past few weeks, the company has been laying the groundwork for agent-based experiences that can interact with your files, apps, and system settings, even while openly admitting that AI models can misbehave, hallucinate, or create new security risks.
“AI Agent” is an optional feature and needs to be manually enabled. Until now, Microsoft hadn’t clearly explained how file access would work in practice, or whether users would have control over what these agents could see.
As first spotted by Windows Latest, on December 5, Microsoft quietly updated its…
