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Microsoft's Bill Gates is worried about losing his job to AI, though it could potentially present a 3-day workweek opportunity
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME While speaking to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during an episode of his Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates podcast, the Microsoft founder expressed his concern over AI taking his job.
Microsoft reportedly pitched DALL-E AI image generation technology for military use without OpenAI and against core policies: "We were not involved."
DALL-E COMBAT Microsoft reportedly proposed the tool to the US Department of Defense during a training seminar in October 2023. The tool can "create images to train battle management systems."
Windows 11 Start menu's performance is "comically bad" says ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer despite using a sophisticated $1,600 PC that meets stringent minimum requirements
COMICALLY BAD Windows 11's Start menu is encountering annoying performance issues, amid plans to pump more ads to the platform.
Elon Musk 'guesses' AI will be brighter than people by the end of 2026, but there's a 20% chance it might end humanity anyway
SMARTER AI Elon Musk predicts AI will have outsmarted humans by the end of 2026, but the lack of sufficient electricity and quality data to train chatbots might cripple these plans.
Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective backdoor ever planted in any software product'
WIDESPREAD ATTACK A software engineer's resourcefulness and curiosity saved the world from a severe cyber attack during the Easter holiday.
Microsoft flags deceptive strategies and AI-generated disinformation from China that could potentially disrupt the upcoming US election
MISINFORMED AI China is reportedly using AI-generated images, videos, and memes to misinform voters about the elections and brew outrage in the US, South Korea, and India.
Microsoft launches new AI hub in London after investing £2.5 billion to upskill the UK's workforce for the AI era
UK AI HUB Microsoft recently announced the launch of a new AI hub in London. The hub will be used to upskill the UK workforce and tap into vast AI talent and expertise.
Microsoft is facing an investigation by a South African antitrust watchdog for alleged "anti-competitive" practices in its cloud computing business.
SA SCRUTINY Microsoft has reportedly been slapped with yet another antitrust case over its cloud computing business practices by a South African agency.
OpenAI's DALL-E finally supports AI image editing, lessening the prompt engineering burden among users
Prompt-lite You'll finally get the precise image you wanted from OpenAI's DALL-E image generation technology.
Gmail might flag some Microsoft Outlook emails as spam — You'll temporarily need an 'alias' to circumvent this issue
SUSPICIOUS Goggle's newly implemented mandatory bulk sender authentication requirements for Gmail flag some Outlook emails as spam.
"What we did here gives me goosebumps. We have shown that error correction is repeatable, it is working, and it is reliable": Microsoft and Quantinuum scale new heights in quantum computing and error correction
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH Microsoft and Quantinuum made a significant leap in quantum computing and error correction with logical qubits and ion-trap hardware. Here's why it matters.
Apple's LLM reportedly outperforms GPT-4, but Sam Altman already admitted it "kind of sucks" as OpenAI gets ready to unveil a new model that's "really good, like materially better"
OUTPERFORMED Apple is looking to build on SIri's capabilities with ReALM, as it'll enhance its capability to understand context in a conversation and even process onscreen content.
Microsoft Teams (free) gets a noise-suppression feature and Community Bot for automating recurring tasks
UPDATE Microsoft shipped new features to Teams in March, including a noise suppression feature and a Community Bot for automating redundant and recurring tasks.
Microsoft reportedly wants more people working on its Copilot AI projects from the Teams app staff, despite its recent unbundling from Office 365
COPILOT FOCUS According to a leaked internal memo, Microsoft is transitioning employees from its Teams chat app to work on Copilot AI products.
AI safety researcher warns there's a 99.999999% probability AI will end humanity, but Elon Musk "conservatively" dwindles it down to 20% and says it should be explored more despite inevitable doom
DOOMED 💀💀 Elon Musk indicated that "there's some chance that it will end humanity, further placing the likelihood of this happening between 10 and 20 percent.
Microsoft might be bringing a Copilot-like virtual agent to Xbox, designed to provide online support and facilitate game refunds
AI SUPPORT Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts and is potentially on course to bring AI to gaming and Xbox, starting with a virtual agent.
Apparently, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot can't create a simple white image, but AI already renders architecture and graphic design jobs obsolete
CAN'T DO! While we've seen people leverage AI image-generation tools to create impressive images and designs, it's daunting and seemingly impossible for most tools to create a plain white image.
OpenAI will finally let you use ChatGPT without an account — This isn't an April Fools' gambit either, it's just rolling out in waves
FREE ACCESS OpenAI recently announced that users can now access ChatGPT an account, further indicating that this makes it easier for users to experience the potential of AI.
Microsoft caves to antitrust pressure and unbundles Teams from its Office 365 package worldwide
STANDALONE TEAMS Microsoft recently announced that it has unbundled teams from Office worldwide. Last year, the company split both services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
Microsoft doesn't want you to use prompt injection attacks to trick Copilot AI into spiraling out of control, and it now has the tool to prevent this
AI FIX Microsoft recently unveiled new tools for its Azure AI system designed to mitigate and counter prompt injection attacks and that can identify hallucination spells.
As expected, Microsoft ships Copilot to the Photos app in Windows 11 to help create slideshows and change the desktop background on your PC
COPILOT PLUGGED-IN The Photos app features a Copilot plugin. It will reportedly help with tasks like creating slideshows and setting the desktop background on your Windows PC.
Here's the one place Microsoft thinks doesn't need Copilot AI integration across its Windows ecosystem after receiving backlash
BE GONE! Microsoft scraps its Copilot AI from the Windows Server 2025 barely a month after adding it to the platform, potentially fueled by backlash from concerned users.
Dropbox's new beta app brings saved files to the File Explorer and Taskbar on Windows 11 for easy accessibility
SOFTWARE APPS Dropbox recently launched a new beta version of its app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. It lets users access files directly from the File Explorer or Taskbar.
Microsoft says ChatGPT isn't better than Copilot AI; you're just not using it as intended
CHATGPT VS COPILOT One of the most common complaints about Copilot AI based on customer feedback is that it doesn't work as well as ChatGPT, but Microsoft says users aren't using it properly.
OpenAI's Sam Altman shares a 'holy grail' solution for ChatGPT's power-hungry demands, but researchers say it's 'wishful thinking' and it won't "be ready until the latter half of the century"
NUCLEAR FUSION OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says there's a clear solution and answer for the AI power concerns — nuclear fusion.
