Tag: software

FTC targets Google, Meta, X, and others with inquiry into AI chatbot safety: ‘Protecting kids online is a top priority’

FTC targets Google, Meta,…

The US Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into “AI chatbots acting as companions,” seeking to determine how…
OpenAI is backing a new animated feature film ‘made largely with AI’ to prove it can make films ‘faster and cheaper’ than Hollywood

OpenAI is backing a…

A Wall Street Journal report says OpenAI is backing the creation of a new animated film called Critterz that…
If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses

If Microsoft wins this…

Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been going at each other for a while now, but the outcome…
Nvidia’s CFO says there’s still ‘a little geopolitical situation that we need to work through’ before shipping its AI GPUs to China, but it’s ‘a $2 billion to $5 billion potential opportunity’

Nvidia’s CFO says there’s…

Nvidia’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Collette Kress, spoke yesterday at the Goldman Sachs Communicopea event about…
Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run ‘at like, 5,000 frames per second’ on Windows NT

Former MS engineer Dave…

I’m not sure why I played so much Pinball on my Windows machine as a child. Nor am I…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 8, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to authors whose work trained AI in priciest copyright settlement in U.S

Anthropic agrees to pay…

As reported by the New York Times, AI company Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement in a…
OpenAI boss Sam Altman dons metaphorical hot dog suit as he realises, huh, there sure are a lot of annoying AI-powered bots online these days

OpenAI boss Sam Altman…

For as long as I’ve been alive, there have been bots of one kind or another on the internet.…
OpenAI has teamed up with Broadcom to make its own AI processors, according to a report, possibly as part of a long-term plan to move away from Nvidia’s GPUs

OpenAI has teamed up…

Whether you love it, loathe it, or just have no real feelings on the matter, OpenAI’s hungry-hippo-for-dollars ChatGPT isn’t…
Eye scans and digital IDs to stop online bots in games: It’s not quite as Orwellian as you might think but proof-of-human isn’t problem-free

Eye scans and digital…

What a time to be alive: a time where we’re being asked to prove we’re alive and human. We…