Riaan Umbono Uma usebenza kwaMicrosoft, hey, umsebenzi omuhle. Amasheya akhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-31 kulo nyaka futhi indlela i-top brass enqume ukukuklomelisa ngayo… Kodwa siyazwelana, ikakhulukazi uma i-CMO ithi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi inkampani ifuna “ukutshala imali kumagagasi e-AI.”
Njengoba Irejista kubikwe ekuqaleni kwenyanga, i-CEO uSatya Nadella wephule izindaba ezimbi ku-imeyili eya kubasebenzi ecaphuna i-boilerplate “indawo yokuncintisana” kanye “nokungaqiniseki komnotho omkhulu emhlabeni wonke” njengesizathu sokuthi kungani inkokhelo izomiswa kulo nyaka.
Lokho kungaba iphilisi elinzima kunoma ngubani ukuthi aligwinye, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi iMicrosoft iphrinta imali, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi iphakethe lesinxephezelo likaSat Nad likhule ngamaphesenti ayishumi kuya ku-$55 million kumele uhlakaniphe.
Ukungalingani akubonanga abasebenzi, ngokusho kwamakhomishini angaphakathi kubonwe ngu-Insider. Ebhala ku-Microsoft’s “Senior Leadership Connection” Yammer, lapho isikhundla nefayela kungabelana ngezinto ezikukhathazayo nabaphathi, isisebenzi esisodwa esingalungile sathi:
Isikhulu sezokumaketha sikaCue uChris Capossela ukuthi agcobe usawoti ocolile esilondeni, enanela isitatimende sikaNadella nesengezo sokuthi iMicrosoft ifuna ukuqhubeka nokugibela “igagasi le-AI” ukusebenzisana kwezigidigidi zamadola ne-OpenAI – mhlawumbe isizathu esibonakala kakhulu sokuthi amanani esitoko anyukele phezulu kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka, nokuthi kungani umdondoshiya wesoftware, singasho nje, “aphole” okokuqala ngqa kusukela ku-Windows XP.
Sithethelele uma sinciphisa, kodwa kuzwakala sengathi iMicrosoft ingathanda ukusebenzisa imali ku-BingGPT (kanye Nokusebenza) kunokukhokhela abantu abenza lowo msebenzi.
UCapossela uqhube wathi: “Isici esibaluleke kakhulu cishe kuzo zonke izinxephezelo zabasebenzi bethu intengo yesitoko. Ngakho imiphumela emihle yekota inomthelela ekwenzeni isitoko sihehe okwenza ukuthi wonke umuntu akhokhe isinxephezelo.”
U-Capossela wazi konke ngesitoko – emasontweni ambalwa edlule wakhipha imali Ibiza u-$2.85 wezigidi ngaphezu kuka-$1.55 wezigidi ayithengise ngesonto eledlule, eletha isamba esingu-$4.4 million, okwenza okungenani kube nabaphathi ababili beMicrosoft abazenzela kahle.
Microsoft kusho Izimali zikaCapossela “zidlula ngokuphawulekayo izimfuneko zokubamba ezibekwe yi-Microsoft Board of Directors. Lokhu kuthengiswa kuyingxenye yokuhlela komuntu siqu kukaChris futhi akubonisi noma yiluphi ushintsho ekuzinikeleni kwakhe empumelelweni yenkampani.”
Hhayi-ke, hhayi ngalezo zimbuyiselo. ®
