{"id":212906,"date":"2024-03-13T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T11:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/microsoft-mocked-after-developer-account-shares-hideous-ai-image\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:43","slug":"microsoft-mocked-after-developer-account-shares-hideous-ai-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/microsoft-mocked-after-developer-account-shares-hideous-ai-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft mocked after developer account shares &#8216;hideous&#8217; AI image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/microai-719x719.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As far as extolling the virtues of <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/category\/ai\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) goes, in tandem with promoting a strong, vibrant brand identity, <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/microsoft-details-update-on-russian-sponsored-ongoing-attack\/\">Microsoft<\/a> appears to have dropped a masterclass on how not to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The US tech giant has been ridiculed after a developer shared what some called a \u201chideous\u201d AI image, with significant potential to go viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft update from its Windows Develop account on X was intended to detail support information when migrating from UWP to WinUI 3 platforms but it appears something has been lost, in transit perhaps?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#8217;s supported when migrating from UWP to WinUI 3<\/p>\n<p>WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK are new technologies and, when compared to UWP, there are some features that aren&#8217;t supported. This topic lists which features are supported before you attempt migration.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLF44YayNv\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLF44YayNv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2yQ6u9MGxe\">pic.twitter.com\/2yQ6u9MGxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Windows Dev Docs (@WindowsDocs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WindowsDocs\/status\/1767273110783344882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An AI image depicted the movement of boxed goods from one large vehicle to another, to represent the named platforms.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0 it is fair to say the reaction online has ranged from amusement to mockery.<\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft met with derision over AI image<\/h2>\n<p>One Twitter user, @oacoello_ stated, \u201cMicrosoft UWP app development is as lazy as this AI image.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RokeJulianLockh\">Another<\/a> fired back with \u201cThat image is hideous. Don\u2019t use AI for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@douglascamata was sharp in his commentary, opining \u201cRunning too short in cash to get a human designer to do properly illustrate this? The worst is that MS thought that this would be accepted on the internet without becoming an instant meme and source of mockery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then in a rather scathing and succinct critique, @pyke_64 unleashed the rebuke, \u201cIf this is a sign of the quality of your upscaling tech for PC, don\u2019t bother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is just a selection of the responses on X, alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please tell me where I can get those versions of Windows <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kcXr8doItL\">pic.twitter.com\/kcXr8doItL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bronze (@Bronze87415846) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bronze87415846\/status\/1767470736606887973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It may have been intended as an informal or fun image to accompany the developer information, serving a purpose but the impact has been an unwanted one from a brand and PR perspective.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Image: @WindowsDocs\/X<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/microsoft-mocked-after-developer-account-shares-hideous-ai-image\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As far as extolling the virtues of artificial intelligence (AI) goes, in tandem with promoting a strong, vibrant brand identity, Microsoft appears to have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338145,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906\/revisions\/338145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}