Microsoft’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI back in 2019 could have dramatically changed the company’s future, despite initial reservations from co-founder Bill Gates. He reportedly warned Satya Nadella, saying, “You’re going to burn this billion dollars.”
Recently, the company has received a lot of criticism from its users. Many have expressed frustration with problems like the design and usability of Windows 11, and the upcoming end of support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025.
But a new development has emerged, and it’s facing a lot of criticism. Microsoft’s strong push to add AI to all its products hasn’t been as well-received as the company expected.
As a huge Microsoft fan, I just read Satya Nadella’s latest blog post after handing some responsibilities over to Judson Althoff. It’s pretty clear where his head’s at – AI is *everything* for 2026! He’s really hoping we all start embracing the potential of AI as it gets better and better, and move past all the negativity and talk about poorly made AI stuff. He’s clearly excited about what’s coming, and honestly, it’s contagious!
Honestly, the blog post totally backfired! Instead of what he intended, people started making fun of it, and a hilarious new nickname for the company—”Microslop”—started spreading around. Some are even saying it could be a frontrunner for Word of the Year in 2026, which is pretty wild!
NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, also believes the widespread negativity surrounding AI is more damaging than helpful. He suggests this pessimistic outlook is actually hindering efforts to improve AI safety by discouraging necessary investment.
It looks like the negative sentiment towards AI isn’t going away. Recently, as noted by Windows Latest, a new Google Chrome extension called *Microsoft to Microslop* was created. As you can probably guess, this extension automatically changes every instance of the word “Microsoft” online to “Microslop.”
As highlighted by the developer:
This extension changes how text *looks* on the page, but doesn’t actually change the underlying webpage data. If you look at the page’s code, you’ll still see the original text, like “Microsoft,” so any links or downloads will continue to work as expected.
The developer also indicated that the browser extension will not collect or store any data.
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