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Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal (opens in new tab)

Covers Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agentCovered by 21 sources including Android Authority, KotakuDiscussed on Hacker News and r/ChatGPT

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Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent

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Microsoft literally wants to ‘make people addicted’ to AI

Leak Reveals Microsoft Wants Its AI To Be ‘Addictive,’ CEO Satya Nadella Feigns Astonishment

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Microsoft wants users to be addicted to Scout, their AI personal assistant

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Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

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

In Leaked Document, Microsoft Plots How to Get People “Addicted” to Its AI

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How AI chatbots manipulate you and undermine your privacy

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Satya Nadella denies claims Microsoft wants to “make people addicted" to AI — as the company shifts from Bill Gates’ software vision to an agentic future

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Actualité : Microsoft veut "rendre les gens accros" à sa nouvelle IA : un document interne inquiète jusqu'aux employés

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