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Microsoft says Windows 11 is an agentic platform—and only OS sandboxing can stop rogue agents

At Microsoft Build 2026, Satya Nadella positioned Windows 11 as an agentic platform, arguing that AI agents are just another user class that operating systems must manage and secure. A live demo showed OpenClaw trying to delete desktop files while locked in a sandboxed Windows MXC container with granular permissions, proving that trust and control are prerequisites for agent acceptance. The author argues that while keynote visions hype effortless omniscient agents, Microsoft's rediscovery of core OS security principles offers a more realistic, if currently cumbersome, path to safe agentic AI.

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