-0.20 Why We Can No Longer Trust Microsoft (www.pcmag.com)
394 points by domdelimar 4613 days ago | 299 comments on HN | Mild negative ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Tech company trust Neglects
Critique of Microsoft
EQ 0.40
SO 0.30
TD 0.20
Lite evaluation by llama-3.3-70b-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 3 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 9 entries
2026-02-28 13:45 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.50 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-02-28 13:45 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.20) - -
2026-02-28 13:45 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.20 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial criticizes Microsoft
2026-02-28 13:40 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.50 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-02-28 13:40 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.20) - -
2026-02-28 13:40 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.20 (Mild negative)
reasoning
Editorial criticizes Microsoft
2026-02-28 13:22 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 13:22 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-02-28 13:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial criticizing Microsoft, implying privacy concerns