New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Microsoft is trying to make gaming on Windows 11 more interactive with AI by integrating its new Gaming Copilot into the Windows 11 Game Bar. The feature, still in beta, has sparked privacy concerns and reports of gaming performance issues among users. According to reports, Gaming Copilot seems to capture screenshots and uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to send data back to Microsoft's servers to train their AI models.

A bigger concern is that this data collection happens by default, with the "Model training on text" option enabled without any clear warning or prompt for the user about the feature running in the background. This setting can, however, be disabled from Gaming Copilot's Privacy setti...