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

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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