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Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users

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Windows Copilot is an AI feature that launches in October 2023 officially on Windows 11. It may show third-party ads to users, which is a problem in itself.

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I was finally able to get rid of the ads in Windows. I'm sure that it doesn't block everything, but editing the 'hosts' file helps. At least I don't see any ads in Windows anymore. Here is an simple tutorial that I found on how to do so:

youtu.be/IJr2DcffquI

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