Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload

Re:Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload by JumpCrisscross on Monday February 02, 2026 @10:38AM (#46857191)

> burnt down one of the most famous brands in the world, MS Office, for zero reason other than to try and whitewash their Copilot name

Mac user and Office subscriber here. The wild thing is this soured me on the Copilot brand so broadly that I’ve recommended folks weighing it strongly avoid committing to it as their AI strategy. (None of them did.)

That infamous agentic OS tweet pretty much sums up the incentives and response to criticism at Redmond.

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Re:Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload by wolvoleo on Monday February 02, 2026 @01:38PM (#46859531)

My work did although they did avoid paying for it (just using the free offerings).

It actually serves a purpose to them we can say every employee "has AI" so we're an "AI first" company at fancy press events.

Meanwhile nothing actually changed because the free features are even worse than the paid ones.

It's basically greenwashing all over again. AI washing :)

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