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Windows 11’s bizarre QR code ad for Copilot on the lock screen met an angry reaction – so Microsoft has halted the experiment


New type of lock screen advert for Copilot AI caused quite the controversy

The user who started the thread described being confronted by a “lovely QR code plastered across my lock screen,” and others expressed similar sentiments. A Microsoft spokesperson told the tech site via an email: “The notification [QR code] was simply a way to educate users and has since been paused. Firstly, while Windows Latest talks about Microsoft canning the QR adverts, the statement above mentions a “pause” – a halt for now, not forever.

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