{"id":237519,"date":"2026-04-30T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/survey-us-workers-are-not-keen-on-microsofts-ai-the-register\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:35:09","slug":"survey-us-workers-are-not-keen-on-microsofts-ai-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/survey-us-workers-are-not-keen-on-microsofts-ai-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: US workers are not keen on Microsoft’s AI \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Survey: US workers are not keen on Microsoft’s AI \u2022 The Register<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/04\/30\/survey_us_workers_e7_ms_ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-30 10:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theregister.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Coalition for Fair Software Licensing has published research showing that US workers reckon Microsoft is using its productivity tools to lock their employers into the company’s AI services.<\/p>\n

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The survey data of more than 1,000 workers – out a day before the release of Microsoft’s E7 AI bundle – found that three-quarters believed Microsoft was using its dominance in productivity software to push AI. More than half (57 percent) opposed their employer buying Microsoft’s E7 bundle.<\/p>\n

Only a third of workers questioned said they preferred Microsoft as a vendor, while 78 percent reported they could do their jobs just as well with another vendor’s AI tool.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that other tool is Google Gemini. Though the survey makes for difficult reading for Microsoft and Copilot enthusiasts, it also opens a new front in the war for productivity hearts and minds. Google has no official affiliation with the survey or the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing – but Microsoft, for one, has its suspicions.<\/p>\n

In a 2024 blog entitled “Google’s shadow campaigns,” Rima Alaily, Microsoft’s general counsel for Infrastructure Legal Affairs, wrote, “We understand Google is a main funder of the US-based Coalition for Fair Software Licensing.”<\/p>\n

The Register asked the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing about its ties with Google. A spokesperson told us, “While the Coalition does not disclose our membership, our members span a cross-section of key industries, including healthcare companies, financial services businesses, as well as cloud and cybersecurity providers \u2013 each one has experienced or been exposed to anticompetitive and abusive software licensing practices in the cloud.”<\/p>\n

Another source grumbled to The Register about Gemini, saying there is a risk that “Google is deploying the same…<\/p>\n

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