Scout strategy targets addiction—so Nadella hunts the author
ceo satya nadella denied knowledge of an internal microsoft strategy document stating the goal for its ai assistant scout was to 'make people addicted', claiming the 'nonsense' was written by someone who should 'go work elsewhere', despite the document being co-authored by corporate vp omar shahine.
satya nadella disavowed an internal microsoft strategy document obtained by 404 media, telling employees in a message obtained by the information that he did not know 'who is writing and leaking this nonsense' about making users 'addicted' to the ai assistant scout. this denial is complicated by the fact that the document explicitly lists corporate vice president omar shahine as the author and notes it was 'co-created turn-by-turn with ai', meaning nadella is effectively repudiating the stated strategy of his own top lieutenant. nadella stated that addiction is 'absolutely a non goal' and that microsoft aims to add 'real value to human endeavor', but the incident highlights a potential disconnect between leadership rhetoric and product execution within the organization.