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Genshin Impact creator miHoYo has released an AI companion on Steam, an eternal student cursed to never obtain her piano degree

Genshin Impact creator miHoYo…

As the creators behind the biggest gacha games of today—Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, to…
Data analyst finds ‘AI stigma’ on Steam can reduce the number of reviews a game gets by around 53%—and the reviews it does get are more negative

Data analyst finds ‘AI…

Since the advent of generative AI and contemporary chatbots, there’s been endless debate about the ethics of using them…
Elon Musk suggested a novel use for ‘bored’ Tesla cars during a recent earnings call: combining their processing power to create a huge distributed 100 gigawatt AI inference fleet

Elon Musk suggested a…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to have been thinking of new and interesting ways to use its products, as…
The US government announces strategic ‘prosperity deals’ with Japan and South Korea to ‘drive breakthroughs’ in AI, quantum computing, and more

The US government announces…

The US has made many steps to try and put itself at the forefront of whatever developments are to…
I spent an entire day with a fan-mod of North Korea’s homegrown operating system, and I’m sorry to say it’s not a Windows killer yet

I spent an entire…

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits…
Former Dragon Age writer says AI could make gamedev ‘frustrating as hell’: ‘How are we going to train up the next generation of devs if we eliminate every entry-level task?’

Former Dragon Age writer…

Much has been said about the way generative AI is worming its way into game development pipelines, and David…
YouTube updates its policy on violent videogame clips with rules that seem aimed at the incoming flood of GTA 6 videos

YouTube updates its policy…

YouTube’s lengthy policy on violent content is getting a little longer, and Grand Theft Auto videos in particular may…
A former Intel CEO is all-in on faith-based AI that will ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ and knows his #1 target: ‘I want Zuck to care’

A former Intel CEO…

In December 2024 Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger retired, saying that “leading Intel has been the honor of my lifetime.”…
Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report in favour of a gushing about AI

Sony deletes mention of…

Man, there was a while there where we could all be real smug about being on PC, right? Sony…
The new Epic Games Launcher might not suck so much thanks to ‘ground-up’ rebuild with 5–6

The new Epic Games…

If we did one of our weekly polls on which game platform/store is your favourite, I would be very…