Technology

that has the potential to

Of course it has "the potential to", that's the whole fucking point of this change.

The compute hardware required to give you that obsequious-chatbot-on-demand is phenomenal. AI as a whole has been burning billions upon billions of dollars getting to these lofty heights where it's alleged that everyone's job is threatened, any day now.

And now's the time to get to the other side of the equation, the dreaded return on investment, where people have to pay what it actually costs (plus a modest amount for that actual return).

Whether Microsoft has actually managed to get enough people hooked on the particular brand of crack they're selling is questionable. In any case it'll be fun to watch at least.