In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser.

Would you use Edge as your default browser on Windows 11 if Microsoft nags you with a 3D banner? Microsoft thinks you would. In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out to Edge stable on Windows 11, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser.

First spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft has been testing the new 3D banner for a while now, but it’s now rolling out to more people. If Edge is not your default browser and you open it directly or through files like PDFs, a new banner will remind you to change your default browser settings.

The banner explains that using Edge as your default browser can help protect you from phishing and malware attacks. It asks you to confirm this change by clicking “Set default,” and then you need to confirm again in the Windows settings app.

The pop-up screen will appear after you install the new Windows updates. If you skip the banner, you’ll get another reminder to use Edge when you open the browser.

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    7 days ago

    In our tests, Windows Latest spotted that Microsoft plans to use ChatGPT to generate website suggestions, which will appear below the search bar.

    So needlessly wasting resources to provide something that already exists but you can market as AI?

    • androogee (they/she)@midwest.socialEnglish
      191·
      7 days ago

      How many ai “improvements” do you think are based on ideas generated by ai at this point?

      The answer is definitely not zero. Which is pretty fuckin weird, the more I think about it.

      • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        7 days ago

        Unfortunately, there are plenty enough humans to come up with stupid shit like this.

        • oo1@lemmings.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          yeah but ai means the same stupid ape can excrete 25 times the stupid shit in the same time period. That’s progress.

    • affiliate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      7 days ago

      if they use an LLM to make the suggestions then it’s possible it ends up suggesting websites that don’t even exist. or it could accidentally suggest a malware website, or make a typo, etc.

      this could be dangerous if they aren’t very careful

      • Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        Remember the people who created malicious libraries that ChatGPT made up and suggested, in the hopes someone would blindly install them? You can do this a lot easier here. Check what websites this tends to hallucinate when typing “google” “youtube” “facebook” etc. and if any of them don’t exist yet, register that address and host a phishing version of the corresponding site there.