"Microsoft is pitching a future where AI controls everything on your PC and agents go and do work for you in the background. But before the company gets there, it has to build the tools to make these systems work and convince its own developers that AI is actually capable of achieving these big promises."
"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed earlier this year that up to 30 percent of the code of "some of our projects" is written by AI, and I've been eager to learn exactly how Microsoft's developers are using the technology ever since. I've been speaking to sources and company execs to get a better idea of how AI is being used by Microsoft developers. Some employees have told me they're skeptical that AI agents will be able to fully replace the work of humans, leaving developers to fix the mistakes of automated agents."
Microsoft is positioning AI to manage PC functions and run background agents, but requires robust tooling and developer confidence to achieve those capabilities. The company must build systems that reliably execute agent workflows and persuade engineers that AI can meet expectations. Satya Nadella reported that up to 30 percent of some projects' code is produced by AI. Internal sources indicate developer skepticism about AI fully replacing human work, with many developers intervening to repair automated mistakes. Microsoft reports early internal AI deployments and focuses on reducing developer toil and addressing inefficiencies.
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