Satya Nadella publicly torches a VP's plan to make Microsoft's AI agent deliberately addictive

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella publicly rebuked an internal memo from a vice president proposing to make the company's new AI agent Scout deliberately addictive. In a message to roughly 50 top engineers, Nadella dismissed the plan as "nonsense" and emphasized that AI should empower users and reduce screen time.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sharply criticized an internal memo proposing to make users "addicted" to the company's new AI agent Scout. "Not sure who is writing and leaking this nonsense," Nadella wrote to about 50 top engineers. AI should empower people, and Scout should actually lead to less screen time. The article Satya Nadella publicly torches a VP's plan to make Microsoft's AI agent deliberately addictive https://the-decoder.com/satya-nadella-publicly-torches-a-vps-plan-to-make-microsofts-ai-agent-deliberately-addictive/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com .