Tag: ai

‘No real human would go four links deep into a maze of AI-generated nonsense’: Cloudflare’s AI Labyrinth uses decoy pages to trap web-crawling bots and feed them slop ‘as a defensive weapon’

‘No real human would…

The web is plagued by bots. That’s nothing new of course, but now we’re in the midst of our…
‘Humans still surpass machines’: Roblox has been using a machine learning voice chat moderation system for a year, but in some cases you just can’t beat real people

‘Humans still surpass machines’:…

The rise of voice chat in online videogames has inevitably led to a growth in bad behavior between players—it…
I’m creeped out by this trailer for a generative AI game about people using an AI-powered app to solve violent crimes in the year 2028 that somehow isn’t a cautionary tale

I’m creeped out by…

Wolf Games describes itself as “a generative gaming startup backed by the minds behind Law and Order and Chicago…
Microsoft co-authored paper suggests the regular use of gen-AI can leave users with a ‘diminished skill for independent problem-solving’ and at least one AI model seems to agree

Microsoft co-authored paper suggests…

If you think that workers heavily reliant on generative AI may be less prepared to tackle questions that can’t…
Microsoft unveils Copilot for Gaming, an AI-powered ‘ultimate gaming sidekick’ that will let you talk to your console so you don’t have to talk to your friends

Microsoft unveils Copilot for…

Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot assistant thing, is coming to Xbox as “Copilot for Gaming,” which aims to “help you…
8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry’s latest proposal is ‘filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse’

8 months into their…

The SAG-AFTRA union says “progress has been made” in negotiations over the videogame voice and motion capture actors strike…
LocalThunk forbids AI-generated art on the Balatro subreddit: ‘I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds’

LocalThunk forbids AI-generated art…

A minor kerfuffle in the Balatro subreddit has led developer LocalThunk to weigh in on the topic of AI-generated…
Sony has created a prototype AI Aloy chatbot, and hastily taken down a leaked video of it in action

Sony has created a…

A leaked video of Sony’s internal prototype for an AI-powered NPC has appeared online, showing Aloy from the Horizon…
‘Creepy,’ ‘ghastly,’ ‘rancid’: Viewers react to leaked video of Sony’s AI-powered Aloy

‘Creepy,’ ‘ghastly,’ ‘rancid’: Viewers…

The Verge has shared a leaked Sony PlayStation video demonstrating an AI-powered version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West…
Google is rolling out an even more AI-heavy search engine mode because ‘power users want AI responses for even more of their searches’

Google is rolling out…

If you’ve found yourself actually using Google’s AI Overview system, you may like the new AI Mode Google has…