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Microsoft confirms an AI worm is propagating through Copilot and other MS apps | CSO Online
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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Relevent XKCD:
I might be misinterpreting parody, but you can most definitely run AI tooling on Linux. And it has most of the same vulnerabilities, if not additional/different ones.
You can definitely install AI software on Linux but it’s unlikely one will catch a malware through an OS-embedded Copilot or MS Apps