If your Windows PC has felt like it's downloading security patches more often lately, brace yourself: that pace is about to pick up.
Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it is now using artificial intelligence to "identify potential issues earlier" in Windows, according to The Verge. The company warned that this means "customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security release."
According to ZDNet, the effort is being run by an elite security team at Microsoft that has built an AI-powered pipeline to hunt for vulnerabilities in Windows and route them to engineers, who then build the fixes.
As BleepingComputer (via Bing News) reports, Microsoft expects Windows users to see an increase in security updates as the company leans more heavily on AI to discover flaws hidden in its own codebase.
Why the change? Software as vast and old as Windows contains bugs that human reviewers can miss. By pointing AI at the code, Microsoft can surface more of those weak spots before attackers do, then bundle the fixes into its regular "Patch Tuesday" updates.
The practical trade-off is more updates to install. But each patch closes a door that a hacker might otherwise walk through.
Why it matters: your monthly Windows updates may grow heavier, but that swelling list of fixes reflects Microsoft using AI to catch security holes faster than before it becomes a problem for you.