Microsoft reevaluating approach to AI in Windows 11

PerpetualCycle · Feb 1, 2026

gunrunnerjohn said:
For sure, leave it out of my medical treatment, I still have some living to do! After all, with the AI models all trying to prevent themselves from being shutdown, they might just consider me a risk and snip... I'm gone!

I think it could be a good aid for diagnostics, just as long as it does not go beyond being an aid.

PhilB · Feb 1, 2026

PerpetualCycle said:
I think it could be a good aid for diagnostics, just as long as it does not go beyond being an aid.

Supposedly AI does a better job of spotting cancer than radiologists.

cereberus · Feb 2, 2026

x509 said:
Supposedly AI does a better job of spotting cancer than radiologists.

AI has its uses e.g. hearing aid technology has really advanced in last few years.

It has no place replacing/ruining thinking and that is what MS etc fail to understand.

Ghot · Feb 2, 2026

Edwin said:
I had a hell of a lot more respect for Microsoft 20 years ago than I do now!!!

Ditto.

Kojack · Feb 2, 2026

PerpetualCycle said:
I think it could be a good aid for diagnostics, just as long as it does not go beyond being an aid.

Again, not as it stands now. Ai is as smart as a 3 year old at this point in time. Not for making life changing diagnosis in patients.

Kojack · Feb 2, 2026

x509 said:
Supposedly AI does a better job of spotting cancer than radiologists.

Key word is supposedly. It's ok for making pictures of 3 boobed women like on total recall, that's about as far as I would go with medical things for it.

Kojack · Feb 2, 2026

Josey Wales said:
They are only going to look at removing Copilot from Paint & Notepad. Copilot is not going away.

Nobody said that. We are saying stop shoehorning it into everything. Keep the Co-Pilot app. Done. Leave it there. Don't bake it into Office (for hells as well sure don't change the name of Office to Copilot), Don't bake it into edge and bing (terrbile), don't put it into any of the other software. Keep the app. Move on and invest in UI, Human coders, mobile, Surface, Xbox. NOT Ai only.

The typical shortsightedness of Nadulla. He's like Jim Balsille of Blackberry. Hyper fixated on one thing. Not seeing the bigger picture. JIm destroyed Blackberry by being hyper fixated on getting an NHL team for Hamilton ON. and let blackberry rot on the bush. The same is happening to Microsoft, only much slower. Since Nadella axed mobile, it's been a slow down hill slide for MS and consumer satisfaction.

Yes, the stock price shot up since he took over and that's all tha matters to some, but the consequence of that is the 440 billon dollar flush down the pooper is the result. If he was not a hyper fixated individual, he could have still got the stock price through the roof with Azure, don't waste billions buying business facebook (what a crock that was), and pursued mobile, devices and other areas that they were leading in like AR with Hololens. Years before the vision plus existed. But nope, he's not a leader by any means.

Josey Wales · Feb 2, 2026

Kojack said:
Nobody said that. We are saying stop shoehorning it into everything. Keep the Co-Pilot app. Done. Leave it there. Don't bake it into Office (for hells as well sure don't change the name of Office to Copilot), Don't bake it into edge and bing (terrbile), don't put it into any of the other software. Keep the app. Move on and invest in UI, Human coders, mobile, Surface, Xbox. NOT Ai only.

The typical shortsightedness of Nadulla. He's like Jim Balsille of Blackberry. Hyper fixated on one thing. Not seeing the bigger picture. JIm destroyed Blackberry by being hyper fixated on getting an NHL team for Hamilton ON. and let blackberry rot on the bush. The same is happening to Microsoft, only much slower. Since Nadella axed mobile, it's been a slow down hill slide for MS and consumer satisfaction.

Yes, the stock price shot up since he took over and that's all tha matters to some, but the consequence of that is the 440 billon dollar flush down the pooper is the result. If he was not a hyper fixated individual, he could have still got the stock price through the roof with Azure, don't waste billions buying business facebook (what a crock that was), and pursued mobile, devices and other areas that they were leading in like AR with Hololens. Years before the vision plus existed. But nope, he's not a leader by any means.

I said it and many others have reported it.

Josey Wales · Feb 2, 2026

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-is-reportedly-pulling-back-on-stuffing-windows-11-with-ai-and-i-couldnt-be-happier

Copilot everywhere? Not for long. Microsoft dialing it back on Windows 11

People familiar with Microsoft's plans say that the company moving to streamline or remove certain Copilot integrations across in-box apps like Notepad and Paint in 2026, after pushback from users.

www.windowscentral.com

Ghot · Feb 2, 2026

IAHawksFan1970 · Feb 2, 2026

garioch7 said:
Could it really be that MS is "listening" to its consumer base? What a radical concept for them!

I regard it as a small step forward, but perhaps I am being naive ...

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

To paraphrase Mr. Miyagi, from The Karate Kid:

"First learn stand. Then learn fly. Nature rule, Satya-san. Not mine!"

DJNelson · Feb 2, 2026

In all seriousness, it's very likely the article that prompted this thread was published two months early. It's more reasonable to believe MS would pull an April Fool's joke than to suddenly start listening to complaints from the people whose computers are being wrecked by Copilot.

PerpetualCycle · Feb 2, 2026

Kojack said:
Again, not as it stands now. Ai is as smart as a 3 year old at this point in time. Not for making life changing diagnosis in patients.

"could be" is what I said

Kees · Feb 2, 2026

Kojack said:
Please leave Ai out of medical unless it gets WAY WAY SMARTER than what it is now.

Do you have any idea about AI use in medical environment?
That something completely different from the AI that's available on the Internet / through ChatGTP or any other AI engine that learns from Data on the Internet!
One of the applications they use it for is surgery by robots. Robot control programs learn from operations that have been done in the past and from data that is especially brought in by medical trained staff. And exactly such surgery is what saved my wife's life some years ago!

Kojack · Feb 2, 2026

Kees said:
Do you have any idea about AI use in medical environment?
That something completely different from the AI that's available on the Internet / through ChatGTP or any other AI engine that learns from Data on the Internet!
One of the applications they use it for is surgery by robots. Robot control programs learn from operations that have been done in the past and from data that is especially brought in by medical trained staff. And exactly such surgery is what saved my wife's life some years ago!

As my wife is in healthcare, yes. I do. Thanks for asking. I stand by what I say. It will have to get MUCH better/smarter before I trust it to diagnose anything more than a common cold. That was not Ai, that was a program that has been coded 100 percent by humans. Not Ai let run wild with "intelligence".

PhilB · Feb 2, 2026

Kojack said:
The typical shortsightedness of Nadulla. He's like Jim Balsille of Blackberry. Hyper fixated on one thing. Not seeing the bigger picture. JIm destroyed Blackberry by being hyper fixated on getting an NHL team for Hamilton ON. and let blackberry rot on the bush. The same is happening to Microsoft, only much slower. Since Nadella axed mobile, it's been a slow down hill slide for MS and consumer satisfaction.

Like I said, bring back Steve Ballmer, or even Bill Gates.

Kojack said:
Yes, the stock price shot up since he took over and that's all tha matters to some, but the consequence of that is the 440 billon dollar flush down the pooper is the result. If he was not a hyper fixated individual, he could have still got the stock price through the roof with Azure, don't waste billions buying business facebook (what a crock that was), and pursued mobile, devices and other areas that they were leading in like AR with Hololens. Years before the vision plus existed. But nope, he's not a leader by any means.

How did MS lose 440 Billion?

Kojack · Feb 2, 2026

x509 said:
Like I said, bring back Steve Ballmer, or even Bill Gates.

How did MS lose 440 Billion?

The market spoke regarding their Ai ventures. Simple. Investors got spooked because users got pissed at how MS was handling Ai EVERYWHERE. They devalued the company by 440 billion dollars. A huge sell off of stock at lower prices lowers their market cap which affects a whole bunch of things.

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