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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’
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Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’

Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.
Satya Nadella ‘Not Sure’ Who Said Microsoft Wanted to Make Addictive AI, Is Looking for Guy Who Did This
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Satya Nadella ‘Not Sure’ Who Said Microsoft Wanted to Make Addictive AI, Is Looking for Guy Who Did This

Microsoft's CEO seems unaware of what's going on at his own company.
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
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Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
How a Microsoft App is Powering Employee Surveillance
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How a Microsoft App is Powering Employee Surveillance

Microsoft Dynamics 365 uses AI-generated performance metrics to single out individual workers, a new report has found.
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says
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To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says

The advice, which is specifically for virtual machines using Azure, shows that sometimes the solution to a catastrophic failure is turn it off and on again. And again.
Microsoft QA Contractors Say They Were Laid Off for Attempting to Unionize
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Microsoft QA Contractors Say They Were Laid Off for Attempting to Unionize

Microsoft, which subcontracts the quality assurance provider, has a standing labor neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America.