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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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.

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You Think You Need a Monster PC to Run Local AI, Don’t You? — My Seven-Year-Old Mid-range Laptop Says Otherwise

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
While most of my local AI work takes place on a fairly well-equipped desktop PC, I was curious to see what mileage I could get from an old laptop I have lying around, and it surprised me.

A Huawei MateBook D running Ollama on Fedora 42

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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.

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This Common Mistake in Ollama Could Be Killing Your AI Performance in Windows 11 — Here’s How to Fix It

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
Ollama is one of the easiest ways to integrate localized AI LLMs into your daily workflow, but you might be leaving performance on the table by making one crucial mistake, like I was.

Ollama stats in Windows Terminal showing eval rate and the split of CPU and GPU being used.

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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)

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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)

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“It Makes Me Uneasy” — OpenAI’s Sam Altman Responds to Backlash After GPT-5 Wipes Out Virtual Companions

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
OpenAI introduced its latest GPT-5 model last week, and the reception to the new AI has been largely negative, especially from those who lost GPT-4o companions. Sam Altman has now responded to the backlash.

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 at Moscone Center on June 02, 2025 in San Francisco, California.

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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.

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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)

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I Asked OpenAI’s New Open-Source AI Model to Complete a Children’s School Test — Is It Smarter Than a 10-Year-Old?

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
OpenAI has finally released some AI models folks can use at home on their local machines, so I decided to see if it was better at a test designed for children than my own kid.

Asking the OpenAI gpt-oss:20b model to complete the UK 11+ test designed for 10 and 11 year old children.

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ChatGPT Isn’t the Only Game in Town—Here’s Why Local AI Might Be Better (and How to Use It on Your PC)

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
AI is far more than the likes of ChatGPT and Copilot, and while these online tools are accessible to all, there are plenty of reasons to start using localized tools on your PC instead.

Ollama running the Gemma3:12b model on a Razer Blade 18.

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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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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.

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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"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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)

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Germany wants Google and Apple to ban China's "illegal" DeepSeek AI — after it failed to comply with data protection laws

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Par : [email protected] (Cole Martin)
Germany's data protection commissioner has reported DeepSeek AI to Google and Apple as "illegal content" in a move that could lead to a ban.

DeepSeek logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with the flag of Germany in the background.

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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

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

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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.

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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?

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
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

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