Altman ‘pleased’ investigation over, saying he could have handled dispute with former board member ‘with more grace and care’ OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after an outside investigation into the turmoil that led the company to abruptly fire and rehire …
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Tech giant takes a step back from years-long feud with game maker after pressure from European regulators Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic to put Fortnite and its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier …
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Copycat video feature Reels helps Meta app in fightback against Chinese-owned rival Instagram has overtaken TikTok as the world’s most downloaded app after its copycat video feature Reels helped it recover ground lost to its Chinese-owned rival. The photo- and videosharing app soared in popularity after its launch in 2010 alongside reality royalty such as …
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Experts say Gemini was not thoroughly tested, after image generator depicted variety of historical figures as people of colour Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has kept a low profile since quietly returning to work at the company. But the troubled launch of Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini resulted in a rare public utterance recently: “We definitely …
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Conspiracy theorists are still routinely targeting and abusing women and ‘woke’ game consultants. With a small studio currently under fire, the games industry’s silence is deafening Ten years ago, a game developer’s aggrieved ex-boyfriend published a vindictive screed accusing her of trading sex for favourable reviews of her indie game. This was leapt upon by …
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Six years since its voyage began, the oceanic co-op is landing on PS5 – and the team behind the game can’t wait to empower the creativity of a whole new community of players One evening many months ago, Mike Chapman, the creative director of the co-op pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves, sat down to …
As Bafta’s video game awards celebrate their 20th outing, the full list of nominations reflects a outstandingly creative year Bafta has announced the nominations for the 20th Bafta games awards, which will take place in London on April 11. Leading the pack this year are Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 with 10 nominations; Spider-Man 2 …
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Following the game’s hero into hellish madness, Petri Alanko required an especially unsettling score. Enter a noise machine that disturbed even Stephen King On Petri Alanko’s website, where the Bafta-nominated Finnish musician offers his services as a composer for video games and film, the artist and performer makes a bold claim: “No deadlines missed since …
Platform sent alert to US users urging them to protest bill that would make its parent company divest from the app or face a ban Lawmakers’ offices have reportedly been flooded with calls from TikTok users speaking out against a bill that would force the platform’s parent company to divest from the app or face …
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Linwei Ding, facing four counts of theft of trade secrets, accused of transferring confidential information to his personal account A Chinese software engineer has been arrested for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies. Linwei Ding, 38, also known as Leon Ding, faces four counts of theft of …
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