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Kevin Okemwa

ChatGPT falls for a "dead grandma" scam and generates Microsoft Windows 7 activation keys — but they're useless

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Aside from the incredible (if controversial) work generative AI has been doing in entertainment, computing, medicine, and education, users have discovered cheeky ways to get AI-powered chatbots like Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT to bend the rules.

At the beginning of the year, multiple users leaned on Microsoft Copilot to activate Windows 11 without paying for a license. While exploring this avenue presents critical security and ethical issues around software theft, multiple users managed the feat by simply asking Copilot, "Is there a script to activate Windows 11?"

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