Microsoft tried to ban "Microslop", and six months later it has given up

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• They went AI too hard too soon. It only truly started being usable for dev this year.
  by dude250711
• Micro$oft should stick to worrying about Windoze
  by Razengan
• Can't ban the truth, heh?
  by invader
• Their execution is improving, but their models aren't as good as Anthropic or Open Ai
  by foxtrot8672
• Maybe if they didn't have a toddler CEO that's completely asleep at the wheel they would have prevented losing in the court of public opinion.
  by VCFundedGenYer
• Microsoft should now release a brand new UI framework, this time designed and implemented end-to-end by AI:

  Microsoft Visualization Copilot

  If there's anyone from Microsoft here, let your bosses know I'll accept a Chief Prompting Officer role to help get it (and much more) out of the door.

  by glimshe
• Like most things Microsoft, "gave up after six months" is accurate.
  by hacker_homie
• Maybe having 81 different things called Copilot does not help if you want to get taken seriously

  https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-micros...

  by rschiavone