Satya Nadella is trying to rein in the tokenmaxxers at Microsoft

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said “a lot” of tokenmaxxing is happening at Microsoft.
• He said workers should use the right AI model for the job.
• Nadella said he vibe-coded a tool that updates code from workplace chats.

During the live event, cohost Kevin Roose presented Nadella with what he called a “piece of rare merchandise”: a T-shirt that read “Microsoft Advanced AI Research.” Roose said he had acquired it from an OpenAI employee who had it made in 2023, when Sam Altman was briefly ousted, and Microsoft was preparing to create a new AI lab for OpenAI employees. Altman was reinstated days later, and the lab was never created.

Nadella, laughing, accepted the T-shirt.