Microsoft has a vision for its future AI hardware concepts, including an AI ID badge. It doesn’t feel entirely new, but it does feel very Microsoft.

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congrats this is the rabbit r1 but for middle managers instead of teenage engineering gadgetheads

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Microsoft has a vision for its future AI hardware concepts, including an AI ID badge. It doesn’t feel entirely new, but it does feel very Microsoft.

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congrats this is the rabbit r1 but for middle managers instead of teenage engineering gadgetheads
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