Microsoft gives Task Manager another task: Watching AI workloads

Once upon a time, Windows Task Manager was a stone-cold killer. Optimized to within an inch of its life, it struck fear into errant processes. These days, Microsoft also wants it monitoring AI workloads. Task Manager has come a long way from the application Dave Plummer developed in the 1990s, inspired by what he called a "very Unixy impulse." This week, Microsoft highlighted its latest addition: deeper visibility into AI workloads. "Previously, the Processes tab didn't show per-process activity