Guess He Binged It

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told staff Thursday he is "not sure what this document is or who is writing and leaking this nonsense," referring to an internal Microsoft document that labeled Phase 1 of the company's Scout AI rollout "Make people addicted." The document was authored by Corporate Vice President Omar Shahine, whose name appears on the document, Microsoft's Scout announcement, and his official Microsoft biography. Nadella linked to a Futurism aggregation of the original report rather than the actual article, while Shahine—who publicly documented building Scout for months—remains employed at the company.

Part of the ongoing Big Tech's War on Users series. Yesterday I wrote about the internal Microsoft document https://blog.ppb1701.com/they-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud-again that labeled Phase 1 of their Scout AI rollout "Make people addicted." The document was written by Omar Shahine — Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Scout — whose name is on the document, on Microsoft's own Scout announcement https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-microsoft-scout-your-always-on-personal-agent/ , and on his biography on Microsoft's website https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/author/omar-shahine/ , which reads: "Omar Shahine is a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft where he leads Microsoft Scout." Today, Satya Nadella told staff he is "not sure what this document is or who is writing and leaking this nonsense," per 404 Media https://www.404media.co/satya-nadella-not-sure-who-said-microsoft-wanted-to-make-addictive-ai-is-looking-for-guy-who-did-this/ . He then linked to a Futurism aggregation of the original 404 Media article https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/ instead of the actual piece. The CEO of Microsoft. Linked to the aggregation. Somewhere out there, Omar Shahine — who has been publicly documenting building Scout on LinkedIn for months, who pitched it, built it, named it, and announced it — is reading his boss call his work "nonsense" and suggest he might want to go work elsewhere. On a Thursday. The author is in the document, Satya. His LinkedIn is public. Maybe try the other search engine. Tags: microsoft scout satya ai bigtech userhostile blog