Microsoft Wants You 'Addicted' to Scout AI: What Leaked

Microsoft unveiled Scout, an always-on AI work assistant, at Build 2026 on June 2.

404 Media reports an internal doc lists 'make people addicted' as phase one of the rollout plan.

Scout was codenamed ClawPilot under 'Project Lobster' and is built to bring open AI agents to Microsoft 365.

Some Microsoft staff reportedly called the addiction language 'very troubling'; the firm hasn't officially responded.

For Indian users, it's a reminder to judge any agentic AI by what it does, not how good it feels to use.