Microsoft was revealed to include “AI usage” in employee assessment: it is no longer an “optional”, directly linked to performance – Passionategeekz

Passionategeekz June 30th, according to Business Insider on the 27th, Microsoft’s Developer Tools President Julia Liuson recently sent an internal email asking supervisors at all levels to take their use of internal AI tools such as GitHub Copilot into consideration when evaluating employee performance.

Liuson said AI hasBecome the core of Microsoft’s daily workJust like team collaboration, data-oriented thinking and communication skills, using AI is no longer a multiple-choice question, but a basic requirement for each position. She pointed out that whether employees use AI effectively should be included in theOverall performance and influencein a comprehensive assessment.

According to people familiar with the matter, the performance evaluation standards of Microsoft’s teams are different. Some teams are considering officially using AI tools as one of the performance indicators in the next fiscal year.

According to two other people who know the inside story, the change is intended to deal with it.Microsoft’s internal Copilot service promotion slowsThe problem. Microsoft hopes to increase overall usage, and also hopes that product developers will have a deeper understanding of how their AI tools work.

Currently, GitHub Copilot is facing competitive pressure from AI programming services such as Cursor. Microsoft allows employees to use itSome third-party tools that comply with safety specificationspeople familiar with the matter said Replit is one of them.

Passionategeekz noted that a recent report by Barclays showed that Cursor has surpassed GitHub Copilot in a key area of ​​the developer market.

The competition between AI programming tools has also affected the process of re-discussing the important cooperative relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI. OpenAI is considering acquiring Cursor’s rival Windsurf, but Microsoft can obtain the intellectual property rights of Windsurf due to the terms of its existing agreement with Microsoft, which has both disturbed OpenAI and Windsurf.

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