Tag: software

The brainbox behind Valve’s Steam Labs says the number of Steam releases featuring GenAI in 2025 is 1 in 5, with 7% of all games on there now incorporating it: ‘We’ve octupled last year’s figure’

The brainbox behind Valve’s…

Ichiro Lambe is a games industry veteran with one hell of a CV: he co-founded Worlds Apart (which became…
Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam

Valve confirms credit card…

It’s Mastercard’s world; we just live in it. That’s my understanding based on a recent communiqué from Valve to…
Google begins legal action against BadBox 2

Google begins legal action…

It’s not just your PC or your phone that’s a potential cybersecurity risk these days, as Google’s recent work…
‘I have been fooled’: Reddit user endures the roasting of a lifetime after asking how to download a 487MB book they worked on with ChatGPT for over 2 weeks

‘I have been fooled’:…

A Reddit poster going by Emotional_Stranger_5 says they spent 16 days working with ChatGPT on an illustrated children’s book…
OpenAI just launched its new ChatGPT Agent that can make as many as 1 complicated cupcake order per hour, but even Sam Altman says you probably shouldn’t trust it for ‘high-stakes uses’

OpenAI just launched its…

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent on Thursday, its latest effort in the industry-wide pursuit to turn AI into a profitable…
Looks like the Taiwanese chip industry is becoming a hot target for Chinese state-sponsored hackers trying to nab trade secrets

Looks like the Taiwanese…

Nothing brings to light the spookily anarchic nature of the international order more than cyber warfare. It’s happening all…
Meta is using its own blend of AI-optimised, low-carbon ‘green concrete’ in one of its honking great data centers

Meta is using its…

All of us must do our bit to counteract the effects of climate change, no matter how small. This,…
Intel’s fancy new AI tool measures image quality in games in real time, so upscaling artifacts and visual nasties have nowhere to hide

Intel’s fancy new AI…

Image quality perception, I’ve often found, varies massively from person to person. Some can’t tell the difference between a…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant can now optionally see your entire desktop—maybe it will be able to finally explain what Windows error code 0x8007002c means

Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant…

Rejoice, for Microsoft has upgraded its Copilot Vision AI assistant with access to your entire desktop in Windows 11.…
As the Nintendo eShop fails to protect from ‘eslop’, indie devs reflect on how it affects their work and why Steam is just better: ‘Their algorithm will more or less naturally bury AI slop’

As the Nintendo eShop…

Nintendo recently rolled out a bunch of new eShop publishing guidelines for the Switch 2. While these are just…