"A new insult for artificial intelligence just dropped thanks to Microsoft's CEO. If you use Microsoft products, it's near impossible to avoid AI now. The company is pushing AI agents deep into Windows, with every app, service, and product Microsoft has on the market now including some kind of AI integration, without the option to opt out. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently shared a blog post to LinkedIn titled "Looking Ahead to 2026" offering an insight into the company's focus for the new year."
"Nadella wrote that he wants users to stop thinking of AI as "slop" and start thinking of it as "bicycles for the mind." Many took the post as a pushback against the popular insult "slop" often leveled at anything AI-generated, recently crowned Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2025. The internet saw Nadella's critique and raised him a new insult for anything AI, now dubbed "Microslop.""
Microsoft is embedding AI agents across Windows and its apps, services, and products without offering an opt-out. The company urged users to stop calling AI "slop" and instead think of it as "bicycles for the mind." The insult "slop" had grown widespread and was named Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2025. Internet users responded by coining the term "Microslop" to mock Microsoft's pervasive AI integrations. The new label spread across X, Instagram, and Reddit, including a user post with almost 200,000 views and commentary framing the backlash as a Streisand Effect.
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