Tag: software

Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: ‘It makes no sense,’ he says, because ‘AI will be involved in nearly all future production’

Epic boss Tim Sweeney…

Look at any of a number of Steam store pages—Arc Raiders, for instance—and you’ll see a fairly prominent “AI…
This sneaky malware variant has been caught using fake Windows Update screens to trick users into installing info-stealing software themselves

This sneaky malware variant…

If you’re anything like me, you keep a sharp eye on your Windows Defender updates to make sure your…
Google needs to double its AI serving capacity ‘every six months’ and scale ‘the next 1000x in 4-5 years’ according to an internal presentation

Google needs to double…

If there’s one thing sure to ruin your day at work, it’s receiving an unrealistic target from your higher-ups.…
Windows 11 is going to start quietly preloading File Explorer in the background to make it faster, which is a good reminder that you should probably try a different file manager anyway

Windows 11 is going…

In the latest Windows Insider beta update released November 21, Microsoft announced the arrival of its full-screen Xbox experience…
‘These reports are misleading’: Google denies claims that Gmail is scraping your emails to train its AI

‘These reports are misleading’:…

It’s becoming harder and harder to know what the rules are when it comes to generative AI. With Meta,…
Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart actor Jennifer English has advice for AI pushers: ‘Don’t’

Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart…

Pay no attention to the well-heeled gentlemen whispering ‘What if it’s a bubble?‘ behind the curtain—AI is the all-revolutionising…
Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used ‘adversarial poetry’ to jailbreak AI and it worked 62% of the time

Poets are now cybersecurity…

Today, I have a new favorite phrase: “Adversarial poetry.” It’s not, as my colleague Josh Wolens surmised, a new…
Nvidia reminds us it’s not a gaming company anymore, but ‘an AI data center infrastructure company’

Nvidia reminds us it’s…

A recent financial call from Nvidia shared all sorts of roaring successes for the tech giant, including an eye-watering…
We used to be a society (with a good Windows Task Manager icon)

We used to be…

Microsoft has delivered some blows to Task Manager in recent times. As noted last week by PC Gamer’s Andy…
Marathon cinematic director Alberto Mielgo says the 8-minute reveal video was not made with AI and frankly he can’t believe he even has to say that

Marathon cinematic director Alberto…

Marathon is in a flat spin right now, but half a year ago—and despite some bumpiness at Bungie—Sony had…