How do I disable the "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host [etc]" feature?

Anonymous
2023-02-09T16:34:50+00:00

We have started getting complaints from our customers over this "feature" as it appears to be quite the resource hog, and of course they are blaming our add-ins.

Killing the ai.exe process appears to have no ill effect on the usability of Office programs such as Word, Outlook or Excel.

So I need to know how we can disable it. I'd prefer to give an instruction to our users on how they can switch off a feature they do not want, they feel they do not need, and that causes their old PCs to start sounding like a Harrier Jet taking off.

Thank you

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Anonymous
2024-02-07T21:10:13+00:00

This seems to work. There are all sorts of solutions put out there that involve things like editing the Registry. Here's a much easier fix that seems to have worked for me (and this is from The Geek Page https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-disable-the-artificial-intelligence-ai-host-feature/).

First, the obvious: delete the AI executables from the OFFICE folder:
ai.exe

ai.exe
aitrx.dll

Second - this is incredibly easy. Deleting the executables does not completely work because Office automatically updates itself with new copies of those files.

Since the AI Host runs when you use an Office app:
Disable the Office app updates.

To do this, open any Office application, like Word.

– Click the “File” menu and then the “Account” menu item - this may be under the "More..." menu item, in which case click "More..." and then click "Account"

– There, click on “Update Options”, which brings up a popup menu - on the popup menu, set that to “Disable Updates” to disable Office updates for all Office apps

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-22T21:03:33+00:00

    Hello 2246412, First of all the .bat has been added onto as another member pointed out more on the locations of this AI. They put it in both 32bit and 64bit program files locations.

    taskkill /IM ai.exe /F

    CD "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16"

    Del ai.exe

    Del ai.dll

    Del aimgr.exe

    Del aitrx.dll

    CD "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16"

    Del ai.exe

    Del ai.dll

    Del aimgr.exe

    Del aitrx.dll

    I too found it in the registry and also found it embedded with click-to-run and you don't want to alter that... As for running with administrator permissions or pivileges... if running as is (versus as a task)... I am logged in as a user belonging to the administators group... but I make sure by doing a single right click on the bat file and selecting "Run as administrator". And as I described, I have it running every hour as a task and when the task is created - or I suppose you can edit an existing task - (right click "properties" on the task) the first tab "General" at the bottom have checked "Run with highest privieges" and I also have "run whether user is logged on or not".

    That should do the trick.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-22T01:47:04+00:00

    Word document. 18 pages. 3400 words. Add a text string to the custom dictionary. Word freezes. I am beyond disgusted.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-22T01:32:04+00:00

    How does one ensure that a .bat launches with administrator permissions?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T16:22:57+00:00

    Good idea...zapped!

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