Tag: software

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…
After years of complaints about Windows Task Manager displaying CPU utilization incorrectly, a fix is finally on its way

After years of complaints…

With the latest Windows Release Preview, Microsoft is fixing a problem that has persisted for years: Its Task Manager…
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…
Steam Proton will no longer forget the entire reason it exists if you have a humungous library, as of the most recent client beta

Steam Proton will no…

The thing about Linux is: it’s cool, and very interesting and beautiful people use it. I’ve been running Fedora…
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…
New ransomware spotted with a ‘coding mistake’ that means even the hackers can’t decrypt the files

New ransomware spotted with…

Ransomware is a nasty bit of malware. Effectively, it locks down your device, and the only way of potentially…
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…
EU regulators say that TikTok has ‘an addictive design’ in a preliminary report, and that it might receive a hefty fine if it doesn’t change its infinite-scrolling ways

EU regulators say that…

The European Commission has declared its preliminary findings in an investigation into everyone’s favourite infinite-scrolling app, TikTok. In a…
Did they hit a nerve? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s crash out over Anthropic’s annihilation of ads-supported AI hasn’t made me trust it more

Did they hit a…

I’m not sure when this became a thing, but AI firm Anthropic has released the ads it intends to…
‘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…