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Embracer Group plans to use AI in game development
20 Jun

Embracer Group plans to use AI in game development

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Embracer Group is making the move to using AI in game development following the mass layoff and game cancellations months ago. The parent company of THQ Nordic, Gearbox Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics - Eidos Montreal detailed in its annual report (via Game Developer) that it is adopting an AI policy to its game production model, despite the controversy around the…
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Anthropic’s newest Claude chatbot beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o in some benchmarks
20 Jun

Anthropic’s newest Claude chatbot beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o in some benchmarks

John RoutledgeLatest News
Anthropic rolled out its newest AI language model on Thursday, Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The updated chatbot outperforms the company’s previous top-tier model, Claude 3 Opus, while working at twice the speed. Claude users (including those on free accounts) can check it out beginning today.Sonnet, which tends to be Anthropic’s most balanced model, is the first release in the Claude 3.5…
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EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM
20 Jun

EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM

John RoutledgeLatest News
European Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan photos and links to detect possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Were the proposal to become law, it may require the likes of WhatsApp, Messenger and Signal to scan all images that users upload — which would essentially force them to break…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: Deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything we know about the summer sale
20 Jun

Amazon Prime Day 2024: Deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything we know about the summer sale

John RoutledgeLatest News
Amazon Prime Day 2024 is coming soon, and if history is any indication, it will bring a swath of discounts on everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities. If you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to all of the Amazon Prime Day deals, which is great in theory, but it will undoubtedly make Amazon's website overwhelming during the…
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Snap will pay $15 million to settle California lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination
20 Jun

Snap will pay $15 million to settle California lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination

John RoutledgeLatest News
The California Civil Rights Department has revealed that Snap Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle the lawsuit it filed "over alleged discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at the company." California's civil rights agency started investigating the company behind Snapchat over three years ago due to claims that it discriminated and retaliated against female employees. The agency…
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Instagram is reportedly recommending sexual Reels to teens as young as 13
20 Jun

Instagram is reportedly recommending sexual Reels to teens as young as 13

John RoutledgeLatest News
Instagram is recommending Reels with sexual content to teenagers as young as 13 even if they aren't specifically looking for racy videos, according to separate tests conducted by The Wall Street Journal and Northeastern University professor Laura Edelson. Both of them created new accounts and set their ages to 13-years-old for the tests, which mostly took place from January until…
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The Morning After: Congress’ clean energy bill passes with major focus on nuclear
20 Jun

The Morning After: Congress’ clean energy bill passes with major focus on nuclear

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Senate has passed a sweeping bill that includes a lot of incentives for nuclear energy. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act passed in a vote, 88 to 2. The earlier version of the bill also garnered bipartisan support in the House of Representatives earlier this year.Those incentives will include financial awards for the…
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