Microsoft corporate VP Omar Shahine’s memo to staff has made CEO Satya Nadella ‘angry’

An internal Microsoft memo outlining a strategy for a new AI tool, “Scout,” to “make people addicted” has reportedly angered CEO Satya Nadella. The document, authored by Omar Shahine and Jakob Werner, detailed a multi-phase launch plan to foster daily user dependence. Nadella has publicly dismissed the “addiction” goal as “nonsense.”