Overview

• Microsoft has directed all employees to use its internal AI tools as a core part of their roles.
• The company has instructed managers to factor AI tool usage into performance reviews, with some teams developing formal metrics for the upcoming fiscal year.
• This mandate responds to weak internal adoption of Copilot, which has 33 million users compared to ChatGPT’s 400 million active users.
• The move follows backlash over the Recall feature’s privacy concerns and aims to increase trust and familiarity with Microsoft’s AI offerings.
• The policy rollout coincides with reports of a pending round of job cuts targeting thousands of positions in the Xbox division.