Copilot

Prompt injection just graduated from theory to incident response. EchoLeak (CVE‑2025‑32711) demonstrated a zero‑click exfiltration chain inside Microsoft 365 Copilot: a single crafted external email seeded hidden instructions; Copilot later pulled that message into context, encoded sensitive details into a URL, and the client auto‑fetched the link—leaking data without the user clicking anything. The final twist: a CSP‑allowed Teams proxy retrieved the attacker’s URL on Copilot’s behalf. Below I unpack why standard defenses failed, and what an enterprise‑ready fix looks like. ...

When the AI revolution hits your job, will it help or replace you? Microsoft’s new study, analyzing 200,000 real-world conversations between users and Bing Copilot, offers the most grounded answer to date. Rather than speculating what LLMs could do, this research asks what users are actually doing with them — and how often those interactions overlap with real occupational tasks. The key innovation? The authors distinguish between user goals (what users ask AI to help with) and AI actions (what the AI does in response). This split allows them to track when Copilot acts as a coach, co-pilot, or full-on doer of tasks — a nuance missing from many economic forecasts. ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Industry 4.0, manufacturing environments face significant pressure to enhance productivity, reduce downtime, and swiftly adapt to changing operational conditions. Amid these challenges, SmartPilot, a sophisticated AI-based CoPilot developed by the University of South Carolina’s AI Institute, emerges as a groundbreaking solution, combining predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and intelligent information management into a unified, neurosymbolic multiagent system. What Exactly Is SmartPilot? SmartPilot is a novel, intelligent CoPilot system specifically designed to support and optimize manufacturing operations. Unlike traditional systems that function independently, SmartPilot employs a multiagent architecture that integrates three specialized AI agents into one cohesive and cooperative ecosystem: ...