
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. 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

Sam Altman: OpenAI's open-source strategy has been on "the wrong side of history"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Here's everything you need to know about OpenAI's recent AMA session on Reddit — from AGI, $500 billion Stargate vision, Sam Altman's view on DeepSeek's cost-effective AI, and more.

DeepSeek spent $1.6B and bought 50k NVIDIA GPUs for its AI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs.

OpenAI's deep research tool emulates a research analyst
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI unveiled a new tool dubbed Deep Research, which "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks."

Sam Altman: OpenAI plans to develop AI hardware with Jony Ive
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Sam Altman confirms OpenAI's plans to develop AI-specific hardware in collaboration with Apple's former Chief Design Officer Jony Ive.

Microsoft CFO urges "focus" amid recent AI developments
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Amy Hood urged employees to remain focused and build toward the company's AI goals, while CEO Satya Nadella says DeepSeek is good for business.

Meta: Firms spend billions on inference, not training models
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Meta's lead AI scientist, Yann Lecun, says there's a "major misunderstanding" about the billion dollars invested in AI.

SoftBank may overtake Microsoft as OpenAI's top investor
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise $40 billion through another round of funding, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $340 billion.

OpenAI safety researcher: AGI is a gamble with a huge downside
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Safety researcher Steven Adler recently announced his departure after 4 years, citing safety concerns. He claimed the AGI race is a huge gamble.

Anthropic CEO: China could command next-gen AI over the US
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Dario Amodei recently spoke on DeepSeek, China, and its potential future competing against US-based AI firms amid a chip ban imposed by Biden's administration.

DeepSeek could win big if China's AI chip export ban is revoked
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Former OpenAI board member says DeepSeek is not leading the pack in the AI landscape, but the US revoking the NVIDIA chip export ban might be a huge win for China.

Copilot users will now access Think Deeper for free
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced that Copilot's Think Deeper feature is free for all users.

DeepSeek gets the last laugh as OpenAI's $10M dismissal proved wrong
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI As DeepSeek wows at a fraction of the cost, Sam Altman's comments from 2023 about funding come back to haunt the OpenAI CEO.

Salesforce CEO AI jabs at Microsoft are "all marketing"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft CCO Frank X. Shaw recently addressed Benioff's myriad of comments aimed at the company's AI and Copilot efforts.

Sam Altman: OpenAI will deliver better models than DeepSeek
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says DeepSeek's AI is impressive and cost-effective. However, OpenAI is well-positioned to deliver better models as it strides closer to AGI.

Microsoft CEO: DeepSeek's AI is "super impressive"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft's CEO says AI developments from China should be taken very seriously amid the DeepSeek AI frenzy.

DeepSeek AI outperforms Meta's yet-to-launch Llama model
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly assembled four war rooms of engineers to investigate the secret ingredient to DeepSeek's "overnight" success in AI.

DeepSeek's AI buzz suffers "large-scale cyberattack," prompting temporary registration cap
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Large-scale cyberattacks force DeepSeek to pause new user registrations temporarily.

DeepSeek leverages OpenAI's abandoned founding mission to surpass ChatGPT
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI DeepSeek leverages OpenAI's abandoned founding mission to surpass ChatGPT as the top free app in the US.

DeepSeek beats OpenAI’s reasoning model at a mere 3% of the cost
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI DeepSeek’s R1 AI model competes with OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model across math, coding, and science on an even playing field at 3% of the cost.

A leaked Apple memo details how it aims to catch up to Microsoft and OpenAI on artificial intelligence
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Can Apple catch up in AI? A recent leak details how the firm is moving veteran staff around to try and help Siri catch up to ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.

OpenAI's for-profit evolution hits a major roadblock
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI reportedly plans to value its charitable arm at $30 billion as investor pressure mounts, coercing the AI firm to evolve into a for-profit entity.

Anthropic: AI could surpass almost all humans at everything
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claims that generative AI could surpass human cognitive capabilities "in almost everything," even robotics, within 2-3 years.

Microsoft's CEO weighs in on $500 billion Stargate project
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft Satya Nadella says the company will continue investing $80 billion in capital annually to build out Azure.
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