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Microsoft AI Chief Defends Windows AI Push as Backlash Grows

Critics question reliability, privacy, and choice as Microsoft positions Windows as a canvas for AI.

Overview

  • In an X post, AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said it "cracks me up" to hear AI called underwhelming and called fluent AI conversations "mindblowing."
  • Users have criticized Copilot and new Windows AI features as buggy, resource‑heavy, and difficult to opt out of, saying core system problems were left unaddressed.
  • Microsoft is promoting Windows as "Your canvas for AI" and is steering the OS toward an agentic model in which AI agents complete tasks for users.
  • Windows leadership has acknowledged there is "a lot of work to do" to improve the platform for power users and developers.
  • Coverage cites reports of roughly 30% Copilot accuracy and mounting privacy concerns, and Elon Musk replied "Good point" to Suleyman in the social thread.