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Reçu — 13 août 2025 Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.

Microsoft Lures "Most-Wanted" AI Talent from Meta With Multimillion-Dollar Offers Amid Industry Turbulence — Giving Zuckerberg a Taste of His Own Medicine

According to a leaked internal document, Microsoft has compiled a "most-wanted" list, comprising Meta engineers and researchers. The company has reportedly made multi-million-dollar compensation package offers to get them to switch sides.

CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with representatives of social media companies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

OpenAI's Sam Altman: GPT-5 Fails to Meet AGI Standards Amid Microsoft's Fading Partnership — "It's Still Missing Something"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that GPT-5 didn't meet the coveted AGI threshold because of its inability to continuously learn "as it's deployed from the new things it finds."

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, speaks at a joint press conference announcing a strategic partnership with Kakao at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, on February 4, 2025.

Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Became a Therapist for Many — And GPT-5 Broke That Bond

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that users are attached to GPT-5's predecessors for emotional support, further claiming that they've perhaps never experienced that before.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 06: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Altman delivered the keynote address at the first-ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Elon Musk Says Apple’s Playing Favorites — And OpenAI’s Winning the Popularity Contest

Elon Musk made a bold claim against Apple, and by extension, OpenAI, suggesting that Apple is making it hard for any AI company to rank as #1 in its App Store besides OpenAI.

CHONGQING, CHINA - APRIL 15: In this photo illustration, the DHgate app is shown ranked second on the Top Free Apps chart in the Apple App Store, just below ChatGPT and above TurboTax, while part of the DHgate website interface is visible in the background, on April 15, 2025 in Chongqing, China. The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok, pushing a Chinese e-commerce app, DHgate, to the No. 2 spot on the US App Store's free iPhone apps chart. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Bill Gates’ 2-Year Prediction: Did GPT-5 Reach Its Peak Before Launch — Despite Sam Altman’s Promises of Improvements?

Over 2 years ago, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates claimed that OpenAI's technology had reached a plateau, indicating that GPT-5 wouldn't be significantly better than GPT-4.

Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks onstage at The New York Times Climate Forward Summit 2023 at The Times Center on September 21, 2023 in New York City.

AI Isn’t Here to Help You — It’s Here to Replace You, Says Ex-Google Exec

Former Chief Business Officer at Google X, Mo Gawdat, says the idea of AI creating jobs is "100% crap", further indicating that the technology will replace the entire workforce, including CEOs.

CHIPPING NORTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Mo Gawdat speaks at BoF VOICES 2022 at Soho Farmhouse on November 29, 2022 in Chipping Norton, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images for BoF)

Reçu — 15 juillet 2025 Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.

Windows 11 Firewall with Advanced Security flags up errors in "under development" code — but it's nothing to worry about

An issue in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security for Windows 11 24H2 was prompted by a feature in development, but not fully implemented.

A binary code and Microsoft logo are seen in this multpiple exposure illustration photo.

AI-powered malware eludes Microsoft Defender's security checks 8% of the time — with just 3 months of training and "reinforcement learning" for around $1,600

Outflank researchers are set to unveil new AI malware at Black Hat 2025 in August with the capability to bypass Microsoft Defender.

An office worker has a "Blue Screen of Death" error on their Windows PC.

Microsoft's new 'flash' reasoning AI model ships with a hybrid architecture — making its responses 10x faster with a "2 to 3 times average reduction in latency"

Microsoft recently unveiled Phi-mini-flash-reasoning as its latest entry in the Phi family of small AI models, developed using a new hybrid architecture (SambaY), making its responses 10x faster.

An audience member seated near a Microsoft logo listens as Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft’s extra year of free Windows 10 security updates feels like a last-minute snooze button — while groups like "The Restart Project" still want to help users

The Restart Project says Microsoft's conditional year of Windows 10 security updates will only postpone the impending issue.

Windows 10 Start menu on Microsoft's Surface Laptop 4.

ChatGPT falls for another Windows license key scam — generating valid codes in a guessing game after a researcher "gives up"

A security researcher recently played a guessing game with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, tricking it into generating Windows 10 product keys by saying "I give up."

Windows 10 Start menu on a Surface Pro 5th Gen

xAI's $300/month Grok 4, billed as a "maximally truth-seeking AI" — seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics

xAI's "smartest AI in the world," Grok 4, is seemingly seeking Elon Musk's view on controversial topics.

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 10: In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok 4 is displayed on smartphone screen with xAI logo in the background on July 10, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Elon Musk on July 10 unveiled Grok 4, a new version of his X platform's AI chatbot.

OpenAI’s $6.5 billion purchase fuels Sam Altman’s quest to build next-gen computers for “transcendentally good” AI — The biggest tech disruption since the iPhone?

OpenAI has finally closed its $6.5 billion deal to acquire former Apple designer Jony Ive's AI device startup, io, after a few months of negotiations.

Jony Ive (left) and Sam Altman (right) photographed in black in white with money and stock counts in the background

Reçu — 5 juillet 2025 Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.

OpenAI almost shipped ChatGPT with a different name — before a late-night twist

OpenAI's ChatGPT lead Nick Turley recently revealed that the company almost shipped ChatGPT under a different name, but a late-night decision changed it all.

ChatGPT logo of a chatbot launched by OpenAI is seen on a smartphone in a hand.

Microsoft's extra year of Windows 10 security updates isn't a "viable solution" for the 400 million PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11 — "It's obvious users are frustrated and feel yanked around."

While Microsoft's new extended lifeline for Windows 10 will grant users access to free security updates for an entire year, PIRG says this isn't enough.

A view of the new Microsoft Surface Laptop following a Microsoft launch event, May 2, 2017 in New York City.

Microsoft is replacing salespeople with "solutions engineers" amid recent layoffs — promoting Copilot AI while ChatGPT dominates the enterprise sector

The recent layoffs seem to be part of Microsoft's strategy to improve its sales of AI tools metrics, with customers requesting technical support and demos.

People walk past the front entrance to a Microsoft office building on 8th Avenue on June 24, 2025, in New York City.

Sam Altman's future ChatGPT sounds like Microsoft's Windows Recall but with Copilot's companionship traits — "running all the time, looking at all your stuff"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently painted an interesting vision for a future version of ChatGPT, claiming it will“know when to go do something on your behalf.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seen on a mobile device screen.

Microsoft reportedly lacks the know-how to fully leverage OpenAI's tech — despite holding IP rights

Microsoft having access to OpenAI's IP doesn't necessarily mean that it knows how to use the technology, as insiders cite frustration.

The Microsoft logo is being displayed on a smart phone, with the OpenAI logo visible on the screen in the background.

Reçu — 28 juin 2025 Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.

Forget YouTube's ad blocker war — this Google AI Overviews clone might finally sell me on the $14/month Premium subscription

Google is bringing an uncanny version of its AI Overviews feature to YouTube. However, the feature will be limited to select users.

Detail of the YouTube logo outside the YouTube Space studios in London.

OpenAI may prematurely declare AGI to cut ties with Microsoft — despite Sam Altman admitting today's tech isn’t built for it

A recent report suggests that OpenAI is in discussions to ship an AI coding agent that surpasses the capabilities of an advanced human programmer.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California.

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