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AI everywhere
Microslop is what happens when the roadmap stops listening
Microsoft’s AI-everywhere strategy gave its own customers a new word for software decay. The nickname is crude. The product lesson is not.
8 min read
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AI & platforms
When software adds a new priority and asks the customer to absorb the cost.
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AI everywhere
GitHub put the code in public. Copilot put the questions in court.
GitHub publishes DMCA notices and says Copilot’s training on public repositories is lawful. Developers still have to ask who gets attribution when an assistant reproduces familiar code.
8 min read
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AI everywhere
SQL Server got a Copilot button. Then came the troubleshooting guide.
Microsoft’s SSMS integration promises an assistant inside a serious database tool. The official docs also read like a map of the setup, authentication and context failures users have to debug first.
5 min read
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AI everywhere
The chatbot got an ad slot. The conversation got a business model.
As ChatGPT moved toward advertising in 2026, the promise of a neutral assistant collided with the oldest platform incentive: turn attention into inventory.
5 min read
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AI everywhere
The AI vendor lock-in arrives with a usage meter.
As enterprise AI vendors move from fixed plans to usage-based pricing, switching models can mean rewriting prompts, workflows and budgets at the same time.
6 min read