By Trending Desk
Publication Date: 2026-01-04 05:27:00
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025 was ‘slop’ and it was undoubtedly an appropriately defining word for 2025 but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says it’s time to stop talking about it. In a blog published towards the end of the last year, Satya Nadella argued that the AI industry has moved past its novelty phase and now faces a more difficult challenge: proving that any of this actually works in the real world. Satya Nadella turned to blogging to discuss the coming years of Microsoft why he thinks everyone needs to move “beyond the arguments of [AI] slop vs sophistication.” Nadella’s first blog entry in “sn scratchpad” is all about Microsoft and other AI companies still needing to get a bunch of stuff right with AI. Nadella has titled the blog: Looking Ahead to 2026; and describes it as — Notes on advances in technology and real-world impact and the blog offers insights on Microsoft’s focus for the new year.
“As I reflect on the past year and look toward the one ahead,…
