{"id":99445,"date":"2025-08-26T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99445\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:24:10","slug":"people-will-not-be-able-to-adapt-fast-enough-microsoft-stock-nasdaqmsft-slips-on-new-ai-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99445\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c\u2026.People Will Not Be Able to Adapt Fast Enough\u201d Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips On New AI Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giant Microsoft <a data-ticker=\"MSFT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/stocks\/msft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(MSFT)<\/a> has fielded a lot of questions and concerns about the role of <a data-autolink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/compare-stocks\/artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) in human lives. Not all of the answers out of Microsoft have been especially comforting to regular humans. New word from Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft\u2019s CEO of AI, presents a new threat that may actually be worse than the earlier ones. Investors were not happy about it either, and sent shares down fractionally in Tuesday afternoon\u2019s trading.<\/p>\n<p>Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of <a data-link=\"article_promo\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.tipranks.com\/july-2025-50off\/?llf=rss&amp;timer=on&amp;coupon=INTRO50P\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> TipRanks Premium at 50% off! <\/a> Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Suleyman does not look for <a data-autolink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/compare-stocks\/artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a> to create widespread layoffs. That is good news, on a comparative level, but what does concern Suleyman most is actually almost more insidious than the idea of a load of pink slips hitting the market all at once. Suleyman noted, \u201cMy central worry is that many people will not be able to adapt fast enough to the changes brought by AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basically, Suleyman notes that the developmental pace of AI is proceeding at such a rate that, by the time humans adapt to one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/news\/microsoft-stock-msft-set-to-climb-higher-as-analysts-stay-bullish\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set of changes<\/a>, a whole new set may crop up. Eventually, change will hit at such a pace that it will not be a matter of humans being unwilling to adapt, but humans simply being unable, because the AI moves too fast. Suleyman, therefore, suggests that \u201creskilling programs\u201d and \u201cdigital literacy\u201d are prioritized as a means to help keep pace. Even here, Suleyman\u2019s suggestions may be a Band-Aid over a bullet wound.<\/p>\n<p>The Elegant Xbox 360 Solution<\/p>\n<p>There is always a certain amount of enthusiasm for retro gaming out there, no matter what the platform. And the Xbox 360 is still alive and well in some sectors. A console repair tech recently tried to breathe new life into an Xbox 360 that had a debt crisis, and Microsoft techs offered a surprisingly elegant fix.<\/p>\n<p>The console in question had had its ability to play games locked out over \u201cbad debt,\u201d reports noted. An error message detailed: \u201cSorry, this console can\u2019t play until your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/news\/nvda-msft-meta-canadians-buy-90-billion-of-u-s-stocks-despite-political-tensions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscription payments<\/a> are up to date.\u201d But a Microsoft MVP named Eric Marsi offered a suggestion: update the console with update 17559, which would remove the lock. The update, released in November 2019, basically acknowledged that Xbox models sold under subscription plans had either all paid them off or never would, so the update just pulled the lock altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Is Microsoft a Buy, Hold or Sell?<\/p>\n<p>Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on MSFT stock based on 33 Buys and one Hold assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 21.85% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/stocks\/msft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rally in its share price<\/a> over the past year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/stocks\/msft\/forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">average MSFT price target<\/a> of $624.08 per share implies 24.7% upside potential.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/stocks\/msft\/forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-13-29-57-Microsoft-MSFT-Stock-Forecast-Price-Targets-and-Analysts-Predictio.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2359861\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/stocks\/msft\/forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more MSFT analyst ratings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/legal\/disclosure-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Disclosure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/glossary\/d\/disclaimer-disclosure\" style=\"margin-right: 32px;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disclaimer &amp; Disclosure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/glossary\/c\/contact-editor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report an Issue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has fielded a lot of questions and concerns about the role of artificial intelligence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,61],"class_list":["post-99445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}