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In case you hit some technical obstacle, here is an archived version:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260602195828/https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/

Key citation (emphasis mine):

Overview and Plan with Project Lobster,” seen by 404 Media has a subheading called “ClawPilot Overall Plan,” which notes “three phases” to its launch plan. The first phase is “Make people addicted.”

“Continue shipping the standalone ClawPilot experience. Pilot the UX, grow the user base, and build the skill and tool ecosystem that makes people depend on it daily. This is already happening organically,” the document says. Omar Shahine, the Microsoft executive leading the project, adds that in its pilot with Microsoft employees, they have seen “Daily Usage with High Retention and intensity of usage (chats, queries, workflows, skills).” The additional phases of the plan involve connecting ClawPilot to other AI tools and eventually adding new features.

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

AI Companies: "We want to get people addicted."

Also AI Companies: "Do not ever discuss anything even remotely pornographic."

I am confused as to their goal here.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

get the money while there's a christofascist government in charge

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

What they say is never what they intend. Y'all still listening and actually believing the words that are exiting their mouth holes?