Before you turn on an AI agent, check who can see your folders

Microsoft just launched Autopilot, an agent that keeps working in the background. What it can reach depends on sharing settings you may not have looked at in years.

Last week Microsoft launched a redesigned Copilot app. It bundles chat, a coding agent, and a new agent called Autopilot. This new tool is a persistent agent that keeps working even when you’re not at the keyboard.

An agent like that works with the access you already have. Microsoft’s documentation for its Copilot agents says they respect existing Micros…