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WW 856: Sunglasses For Your Whiskey - Altman returns to OpenAI, Windows Hello vulnerabilities, Half-Life turns 25

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On this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into the latest OpenAI/Microsoft partnership drama involving Sam Altman's position. They also discuss upcoming EU regulations and their impact on Microsoft products, evaluate NVIDIA's record-breaking Q3 earnings, and reminisce about the classic PC FPS Half-Life.


And you thought AI was already controversial...

  • On Friday, OpenAI's board suddenly and unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, kicking off several days of unprecedented high drama
  • OpenAI president and board chairman Greg Brockman announced that he was quitting in protest
  • Microsoft announced it had hired Altman and Brockman over the weekend
  • 95 percent of OpenAI employees threatened to quit if Altman did not come back
  • Altman began negotiating his return to OpenAI (and major governance changes)
  • Altman is once again CEO of OpenAI
  • Key takeaway: No matter what happens, Microsoft wins
  • Wrong takeaway: Nothing changed

    • Windows

    • Windows 11 is about to get awesome in the EEA
    • WHY IS WINDOWS 11 ONLY GOING TO BE AWESOME IN THE EEA???
    • Microsoft confirms that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 too. "No new features, my ass!"
    • Copilot begins rolling out to Windows 10 in Insider Program
    • Release Preview: Copilot in Alt + Tab and on other displays, limited Copilot with local account, DMA compliance, Windows Spotlight changes
    • Canary: Disable Phone Link in the Bluetooth settings, display Teams contacts in the Windows share window when signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID
    • Dev: Narrator improvements, File Explorer fixes (wait for it)
    • Redmond, we have a problem. With Windows Hello

      • Earnings learning

      • NVIDIA continues to soar on AI (Winner)
      • Zoom has settled back down to reality
      • HP stumbles through its fourth quarter and FY2023: AI PCS FTW in late 2024!
      • Lenovo stumbles too, but explicitly predicts industry recovery

        • Antitrust

        • Apple, ByteDance, and Meta contest their DMA gatekeeper designations

          • Xbox

          • Half-Life turned 25 last weekend and Valve finally remembered it exists
          • Nvidia's GeForce Now adds Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ integration - over 1700 games now
          • Amazon Luna comes to France, Italy, and Spain
          • Next Call of Duty leaks!

            • Tips and Picks

            • Tip of the week: Ignite's over, but the videos are forever
            • App pick of the week: Half-Lif
            • RunAs Radio this week: Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers
            • Brown liquor pick of the week: Willett Wheated 8 Year Bourbon

              • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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