Microsoft struggling to restore service as global outage affects services(www.bbc.com)
25 pointsby aussieguy12345 hours ago5 comments
  • aussieguy12345 hours ago
    Just last month they laid off 60,000 workers due to AI https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6m24klyjr8no

    Probably my bet is some of the experienced hands that could have prevented this issue or fixed it quickly were let go, replaced with AI that doesn't have their experience.

    If this is the case, id expect some of these folks to be brought back with an apology and additional salary.

    • SteveNuts4 hours ago
      It has to be this, or a hack/data breach of absolutely biblical proportions and they're stalling for time.

      Their updates have nothing of substance whatsoever, I've never seen anything like this.

      • aussieguy12344 hours ago
        They're claiming it's not cybersecurity related.
        • singingfish3 hours ago
          it looks to me like it's authentication related, and I know from talking to people about vulnerabilities that don't become public that the 365 authentication systems can behave in quite "surprising" ways.
    • ZeroGravitas2 hours ago
      60,000 people looking for new jobs and not really caring if the video call interview on their work laptop might be North Korea.
  • tonyedgecombe3 hours ago
    Copilot says no.
  • expedition323 hours ago
    Not being able to access outlook email inbox is slightly annoying. Remind me to download vouchers next time.
  • rvz4 hours ago
    After MS fired or is in the middle of getting rid of their human employees since AGI is here, Claude is doing such a very good job at restoring everything by itself.

    But surely we don't need humans at Microsoft maintaining highly critical software any more right? /s

    • expedition323 hours ago
      Microsoft needs money to invest in AI. That is why they fired those people.
    • juanani4 hours ago
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