Microsoft Copilot in Edge now acts as a web assistant, offering screen recognition and enhanced user interaction through an opt-in AI feature.

The tool uses a local AI model to detect when your browser enters full screen mode, a staple of scareware pop-ups, and then examines what you’re looking at to see if it resembles a scam. It’s ...

Microsoft is now testing a new feature in Edge that uses machine learning to identify and block scareware scams.

Microsoft Edge's Scareware blocker is a local AI model designed to help users avoid annoying and dangerous full screen pop-ups while browsing the web.