Kevin Okemwa
Kevin Okemwa is a seasoned tech journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya with lots of experience covering the latest trends and developments in the industry at Windows Central. With a passion for innovation and a keen eye for detail, he has written for leading publications such as OnMSFT, MakeUseOf, and Windows Report, providing insightful analysis and breaking news on everything revolving around the Microsoft ecosystem. You'll also catch him occasionally contributing at iMore about Apple and AI. While AFK and not busy following the ever-emerging trends in tech, you can find him exploring the world or listening to music.
Latest articles by Kevin Okemwa

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff might not hire software engineers in 2025
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the company might not hire software engineers in 2025, while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella foresees a "swarm of AI agents" complementing workers soon.

Marc Benioff: Microsoft repackaged OpenAI and dropped it into Excel
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Salesforce CEO claims Microsoft has disappointed everyone with how they've approached AI.

Microsoft ties AI contributions to retention bonuses for "indispensable employees"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft managers reportedly review an employee's AI contributions when requesting retention bonuses for those it can't afford to let go or lose.

Microsoft rStar-Math's SLMs outshines OpenAI's o1 in Math reasoning
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft's breakthrough rStar-Math technique has demonstrated the potential to rival and surpass OpenAI's reasoning model, o1.

Microsoft backtracks OpenAI's Dall-E 3 upgrade for Bing Image Creator after user uproar
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft rolled back a major DALL-E 3 update for Bing Image Creator after receiving overwhelming backlash from users citing a degraded experience with slow generation speeds and low-quality images.

Microsoft to cut less than 1% of its workforce based on performance
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft Microsoft has announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including its security division. The job cuts will affect less than 1% of its workforce.

Microsoft hits pause on $3.3B data center for OpenAI's supercomputer
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI The company stated the pause might last for months as it evaluates the scope and recent technological changes.

A daring developer runs Windows 11 on just 184MB of RAM
By Kevin Okemwa published
WINDOWS 11 Industrious developer NTDEV recently managed to run Windows 11 on less than 200MB of RAM, prompting users to question its functionality.

Godfather of AI endorses Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI's for-profit evolution
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Geoffrey Hinton (the Godfather of AI) has seemingly formed an allegiance with Elon Musk and supports the billionaire's lawsuit against OpenAI's evolution into a for-profit entity.

OpenAI can "confidently build" AGI as it shifts to superintelligence
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI A new blog post by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicates that the AI firm knows how to build AGI as it shifts gears and focus to superintelligence.

Google responds angrily as Microsoft makes Bing imitate Google search
By Kevin Okemwa published
Search wars Microsoft is reportedly using deceptive tactics to grow its market share against Google in the search landscape by making Bing look like Google.

Vitalik Buterin proposes an AI "pause button" to prep for doom
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder proposes a "global soft pause button" on global hardware to prevent AI from causing existential doom.

Microsoft makes a massive $80 billiion investment in AI data centers
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft Microsoft is set to invest up to $80 billion in building data centers to bolster its AI advances in 2025.

REPORT: OpenAI will hit AGI when it develops a system that can generate $100 billion in profit
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft and OpenAI reportedly signed an agreement in 2023 stating that the ChatGPT maker will only hit the AGI benchmark once it develops an AI system generating up to $100 billion in profits.

OpenAI's Sam Altman recently asked users what they want from ChatGPT
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI's Sam Altman recently asked users what they want the company to build or fix in 2025 — here's what they said.

Google CEO urges "scrappy" tactics now ChatGPT is synonymous with AI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently highlighted the company's 2025 plans centered on AI including building and shipping faster, though it might be "scrappy."

Google AI Studio boss says AGI will "look a lot like a product release" after Sam Altman claimed the benchmark would pass with surprisingly little societal impact
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google AI Studio's product manager, Logan Kilpatrick recently indicated that artificial super intelligence (ASI) is achievable without a keen focus on intermediate products or model releases.

"They'll have bio's and profile pictures": Meta is gearing up to unleash a wave of AI-powered personas, set to redefine Facebook's social engagement
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI A new report suggests Meta wants to integrate AI-generated characters into Facebook to bolster engagement by generating and sharing AI-powered content on the platform.

I asked ChatGPT and Copilot about AGI predictions for 2025 — OpenAI unanimously tops the chart partly due to its Microsoft tie-up and 2-year lead building AI 'uncontested'
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI I asked ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot about AGI predictions for 2025 and beyond. Here’s what the future holds according to AI.

Is Microsoft and OpenAI's tech bromance fraying? The ChatGPT maker's GPT-4 model is "too slow and expensive" to meet Copilot 365 users' needs.
By Kevin Okemwa published
MICROSOFT Microsoft might integrate new models into its Microsoft 365 Copilot service. However, the models won't be powered by OpenAI.

Sam Altman predicts superintelligence will trigger a 10x surge in scientific AI breakthroughs — each year as revolutionary as a decade
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI's CEO says superintelligence might be "a few thousand days away" with little societal impact.

Former Google lead says we should "seriously think" about pulling the plug on AI once it starts self-improving: "It’s going to be very difficult to maintain that balance"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should pull the plug on self-improving AI because it will be difficult to maintain balance.

OpenAI launches next-gen reasoning models with "incredible" coding capabilities
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI o3 and 03-mini's availability is limited to safety researchers in preview for further testing and fine-tuning.

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AGI is becoming a "less useful term" with o1 — "astonishing cognitive capabilities" predicted before 2026
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Sam Altman claims the term is increasingly becoming less useful. He predicts AI systems that "can do truly astonishing cognitive tasks" by the end of 2025.
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