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Andy Masley says Futurism misrepresented a leaked Microsoft memo about an AI coding agent to claim the company wants consumers addicted

The memo used hyperbolic phrasing to describe developer adoption plans.

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Andy Masley@AndyMasley#1693inAI

Futurism is up there with More Perfect Union for wild misleading headlines. The AI in this case is a coding agent, and what Microsoft said in the leaked memo is that step 1 is to “make people addicted" to it. That's the entire story. This is obviously hyperbole.

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@AndyMasley It’s intentional, it’s a clickbait rag at this point.

Andy Masley@AndyMasley

Futurism is up there with More Perfect Union for wild misleading headlines. The AI in this case is a coding agent, and what Microsoft said in the leaked memo is that step 1 is to “make people addicted" to it. That's the entire story. This is obviously hyperbole.

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