Holy shit @kathryntewson.bsky.social got the Microsoft AI people to actually listen and realize the ideas they're shoving on everyone are stupid and makes Word unsafe for work. Wild that MSFT views this as a mistake. I thought they didn't care! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9X6... - ThreadSky

nixonnixoff.bsky.social • 33 days ago

Holy shit @kathryntewson.bsky.social got the Microsoft AI people to actually listen and realize the ideas they're shoving on everyone are stupid and makes Word unsafe for work. Wild that MSFT views this as a mistake. I thought they didn't care!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9X6yMwmMpE

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franck.peachymango.org•31 days ago

Just saw Gemini in my Google docs…

nixonnixoff.bsky.social•33 days ago

Props to the Microsoft PR guy for being a champ and actually listening. Sadly this means we won't see the funniest lawsuit ever: "All Lawyers v Microsoft"

marypcbuk.bsky.social•32 days ago

BTW Ben Schorr isn't a 'PR guy' or 'AI guy' as such; he works on the help/documentation/training content for Office

nixonnixoff.bsky.social•32 days ago

Sorry about that and thank you

justplaindan.bsky.social•33 days ago

They care because law firms and similar industries make up a big portion of the customers Microsoft is trying to sell GAI as a tool to. Losing them over GAI is a PR blow they don't want.

nixonnixoff.bsky.social•33 days ago

The most shocking revelation is that Microsoft got this far without listening to any of its professional users. What kind of broken culture and feedback loops resulted in this outcome? Will the 1 guy who wasn't a yes man be rewarded or punished?

justplaindan.bsky.social•33 days ago

As with every monolith of an organization, the layers of middle managers probably isolated the decision makers from those with opposition, and those with opposition from the decision makers. It’s a symptom of a larger systemic approach multinationals take. It’s not shocking, but it is disappointing.

nixonnixoff.bsky.social•33 days ago

I hold on to hope that "All Lawyers v Microsoft" will be filed

justplaindan.bsky.social•33 days ago

lifeisok4me.bsky.social•33 days ago

👏👏👏 👊👊👊

lifeisok4me.bsky.social•33 days ago

(Even though she has me blocked for some unknown reason congratulate her for me.)

performmonkey.bsky.social•33 days ago

I wasted an hour of my life at the weekend with support to try and turn it off. Everything I'd already tried. It should have been and opt in feature.

nixonnixoff.bsky.social•33 days ago

If they don't allow an off switch, I wonder if training Copilot on racist content and porn will trigger an off switch via other means. Can someone find out

performmonkey.bsky.social•33 days ago

There is an off in Word and Teams, but not OneNote, Excel nor Outlookas fast as I can see. Makes no sense.

partickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

🙃

partickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

@privateeyenews.bsky.social @theregister.com
...

partickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

"Worse, since these companies operate across multiple countries and regions, there is no regulatory body with the jurisdiction to effectively constrain them. "

partickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

@kathryntewson.bsky.social 👀
"This transition of authority from states to corporations &
the nature of surveillance as the business model of the internet rewrites social contracts between national governments & their citizens.
But it also also blurs the lines among citizen, consumer, and worker."

partickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

pfff
https://bsky.app/profile/mjcrockett.bsky.social/post/3lgodjfakek25

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