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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains How He’s Making Himself Obsolete With AI

The longtime software executive told reporters how he uses his company’s AI app Copilot during his commute—and it looks a lot like talking back to the radio.
By Erin Vanderhoof
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Satya Nadella speaks during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, on Friday, April 4, 2025.By David Ryder/Bloomberg/Getty Images.

In 2019, Microsoft launched a significant partnership with OpenAI, and the legacy software company has gone all in on adding ChatGPT-inspired technology to its offerings, paying no heed to the legacy of Clippy. Ever since, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has become one of the most prominent boosters of the idea that large-language models will pave the way for artificial general intelligence. A new Bloomberg profile of the executive, who took the reins at Microsoft in 2014, shows that he is serious about it both at work and in his private life, where he is already using Copilot to replace podcast hosts and put himself in every episode.

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