Microsoft corporate vice president Omar Shahine’s memo to employees that made CEO Satya Nadella ‘angry’

An internal memo related to a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has sparked controversy within Microsoft, drawing a sharp reaction from CEO Satya Nadella, a report has claimed. The leaked document contained a product strategy and was authored by Microsoft corporate vice president Omar Shahine and executive Jakob Werner, outlining a multi-phase launch plan for “Scout,” a newly announced AI personal assistant. Citing the document, 404 Media reported that it stated goal of the product’s first phase is to “make people addicted” to the tool. The internal document, titled “ClawPilot: Overview and Plan with Project Lobster,” reveals a three-phase strategy to transition the software from an “addictive app to [an] agentic platform.”Under a subheading titled “ClawPilot Overall Plan,” the document instructs the team to build a user base and an ecosystem of tools that forces users to “depend on it daily”. Shahine noted in the memo that early testing among…