Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant

cdrnsf 50 points 8 comments June 02, 2026
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cyanydeez

"We forced all the employees into AI, and now apparently, our internal AI usage is high; this means this project will get high usage from general consumers." When your dogfood is really an opiate, you might have a problem.

CrzyLngPwd

Don't all businesses with AI want people addicted to it?

ChrisArchitect

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374079

analogpixel

Simple, add an Anime Girl that pretends to like you.

warumdarum

They botched the phone, thry botched AI, just overall so obsessed with themselves, they tend to forget the customers

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