📌 TOPINDIATOURS Update ai: Drama Erupts Over Claims That Microsoft Will Embrace AI

The Barbra Streisand effect was in full swing after tech giant Microsoft attempted to clamp down on the word “Microslop” on a Discord channel dedicated to its AI chatbot Copilot over the weekend.

The onslaught of mockery — characterized by a company spokesperson blaming the Microslop dustup on “spammers attempting to disrupt and overwhelm the space with harmful content not related to Copilot” — was too much, forcing Microsoft to shut down the Discord server altogether.

The pejorative term has become the rallying cry for disenchanted users of the company’s Windows operating system, who argue that Microsoft has gone too far in its attempts to embrace AI at every level.

Meanwhile, company executives have become frustrated with the blowback, with CEO Satya Nadella admitting that “it will be a messy process of discovery, like all technology and product development always is,” during a 2025 year-end roundup.

But given the latest rumors, leaks, and discovered code snippets, the company is far from giving its many disillusioned customers a break. The outlet PCWorld is claiming that its next Windows 12 operating system could be built from the ground up to focus on AI, with Copilot “evolving from an optional assistant to a central control instance,” while “OS-wide integration will replace selective AI functions.” Code fragments also suggest Windows 12 may have a premium subscription tier, giving consumers additional cloud computing power and AI features.

It’s important to note that Microsoft has yet to make any official statements regarding the follow-up to Windows 11. We don’t even know if the company will go with the name Windows 12. Futurism has reached out to the company for comment.

Insider sources also told Windows Central that there were no plans to ship Windows 12 this year, as PCWorld originally suggested. Instead, Microsoft is allegedly focusing its efforts on “fixing Windows 11 and attempting to improve its reputation by addressing top feedback such as reducing AI bloat across the OS,” according to the publication’s Zac Bowden.

Regardless of whether the latest rumors turn out to be true, the reactions highlight how Microsoft’s brand has taken a major hit as it attempts to adopt AI at all costs.

“Man, that’s a lot of things I don’t want at all packed into one operating system,” one Reddit user wrote.

“There is zero demand for this,” another complained.

“I really appreciate them doing this,” one user joked. “For the Linux community, I mean.”

Microsoft’s currently available Windows 11 operating system has already seen plenty of updates in the form of AI chatbot integrations. But as is clear from widespread frustration and hundreds of millions of users sticking with Windows 10, the company’s approach hasn’t always gone smoothly.

Case in point, after stuffing AI into its text editing app Notepad, cybersecurity researchers noticed a major security breach that could’ve allowed malicious actors to execute code remotely on other people’s machines. Fortunately, the bug has since been addressed by Microsoft.

Former and current employees told The Wall Street Journal last month that the company’s confusing branding and lack of cohesion between products are starting to wear on users. A vanishing sliver of enterprise customers have said they prefer Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot over the company’s steep competition, including Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

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📌 TOPINDIATOURS Hot ai: ‘World’s largest’: Record-breaking clutch of 47 Mesozoic c

In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of three egg clutches. These provide new insights into semi-aquatic peirosaurid crocodyliforms and expand our understanding of their reproductive strategies.

The Upper Cretaceous units of the Bauru Group in Brazil boast one of the most impressive fossil records of reptilian clades, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Researchers had already discovered a wealth of turtles, crocodyliforms, and dinosaurs there in the past. And now, “cropping out in the city of Presidente Prudente,” as the study authors explained, they have found a total of 83 eggs across three clutches, plus numerous isolated eggshells.

One of these collections, which might belong to different species, contained 47 eggs, making this the largest Mesozoic crocodyliform clutch ever found.

“The new discovery shows new evolutionary implications for one of the world’s most diverse fossil crocodylomorph faunas, revealing more complex and successful reproductive habits with potential adaptations to occasionally wetter environments,” the study authors stated.

A seriously important clutch

As the authors stated in the study, “cropping out in the city of Presidente Prudente,” the clutches were first discovered in 2004 by Dr. William Nava, one of the study’s authors. Researchers didn’t realize what they held for another 16 years, until they finally understood they had stumbled upon a real treasure of eggs.

Between 2021 and 2023, they excavated the area and found they were looking at clutches of 21, 47, and 15 eggs.

Ellipsoidal in shape with blunt ends, these thin shells and trapezoidal shell units immediately communicated to researchers which animals they once belonged to, Phys.org described. Though some had never hatched, these features made it impossible to identify them as anything other than crocodyliform eggs.

Though the exact species remains unidentified, researchers believe these eggs are from the Notosuchia subgroup, as the Bauru Group holds a large collection of these fossils. The thickness and size of the shells suggest they were laid in a wetter, more humid environment. Other Bauru Group crocodyliform eggs tend to be smaller and drier; in other words, different subspecies adapted to different environments. This damp-environment feature would suggest a semi-aquatic peirosaurid crocodyliform as the mother, Phys.org continued.

New discoveries to be made about reproductive habits

Given that most fossil clutches tend to hold only two to five eggs, while modern crocodyliforms can lay between 10 and 80 eggs per clutch, researchers noted that the difference in clutch sizes reflects taxon-specific adaptations. They might represent multiple nesting events or communal nesting.

“The spatial arrangement of the nests suggests not only a crocodylomorph colonial nesting ground, but also a broader nesting site that may have supported interactions among different species,” study author Dr. Paixão explained to Phys.org.

Could some of these eggs have belonged to dinosaurs? Further studies intend to explore other clues on-site to solve this budding, exciting mystery. Currently, the study authors are pursuing clutches that may belong to theropod dinosaurs.  

“This finding expands our understanding of the reproductive strategies within the group, including nesting behavior and parental care,” the study authors concluded.

The full study is available in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com