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Jez Corden

Microsoft claims "Community First" AI data center infrastructure — also known as maximum corpo-washing

Microslop logo on a Microsoft Azure data center.

Microsoft continues to not "get it," but hey, at least it's trying. Sorta.

Microsoft finds itself at another computing crossroads it is largely ill-prepared for, as artificial intelligence threatens to upend everything and anything. Jobs destroyed, tech prices exploding, climatological commitments brushed aside, industrial-scale disinformation, deep fakes, and abuse — artificial intelligence certainly isn't the PR win Microsoft was likely hoping it would be. In fact, the company has earned itself the moniker "Microslop" for its haphazard stumbling through the hype.

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