Reported for the first time by Initiate of BusinessAn alleged internal memo of Julia Liuson, vice-president of the company’s developer division of Microsoft, shows that managers are now invited to assess employees according to their use of AI tools. An employee exam metric to measure the use of AI is would have been considered according to Business Insider Also.
Liuson’s note has declared its expectations here: “AI is now a fundamental part of how we work. Like collaboration, data -oriented reflection and effective communication, the use of AI is no longer optional – it is the heart to each role and at all levels.”
To be fair, there is a logic for this decision – people who develop Microsoft’s AI tools and services should probably use them to get a better idea of the user experience.
At the same time, it is difficult not to read this as Microsoft using the stick of the employees to make them use these tools, which have struggled to obtain adoption with daily users and have faced counterpouss on the controversial recall function of Copilot, as well as the usual IA inaccuracies and “hallucinations”.
Reminder uses AI for “memory” of your activity on your computer by taking screenshots every few seconds so that you can use Copilot to find websites or files that you previously viewed. Microsoft had to backpedal on the functionality during its first announcement due to an outcry on security problems.
Although the company has attempted to respond to these concerns leading to the reminder beta version, the functionality is always paved with these associations, and I find it difficult to trust Microsoft on its claims concerning the offline security of Copilot and Hermetic.
Even for people who already use AI regularly, Copilot is probably not their first choice. Since 2025, Chatgpt has 400 million active users while Copilot has only 33 million.
Windows users I haven’t warmed up much in CopilotEither the caller, the appellant often the Bloatware, with a user even saying: “The way Microsoft forced AI in our PCs, even if 90% of its users do not want the AI to be just boring.”
Unfortunately for Microsoft, comments like this are not uncommon, and a large part of Apathy towards Copilot is too frustrated by the way Microsoft installed it by default in Windows 11, giving the impression that AI is forced for everyone.
