Starfield review: Guns and ships galore, but a vacuum of wonder

[ad_1] The long-awaited “Skyrim in space,” Starfield, is out today after many years in development over at Bethesda. It’s ambitious and lavishly produced, but despite its size it lacks the…

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VFX artists show that Hollywood can use AI to create, not exploit

[ad_1] Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools…

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You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks

[ad_1] Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or…

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AI2 drops biggest open dataset yet for training language models

[ad_1] Language models like GPT-4 and Claude are powerful and useful, but the data on which they are trained is a closely guarded secret. The Allen Institute for AI (AI2)…

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Hidden forces and sliding screens trick the senses to make VR feel more real

[ad_1] The next big thing in VR might not be higher resolution or more immersive sound, but an experience augmented by physical sensations or moving parts that fool your senses…

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AI.com flips from ChatGPT to Elon Musk’s X.ai

[ad_1] There was a bit of a hubbub in February as it emerged that OpenAI had seemingly purchased AI.com in order to redirect it to the ChatGPT web interface. But…

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8BitDo’s NES-themed mechanical keyboard comes with truly large A and B ‘super buttons’

[ad_1] It can be difficult to differentiate oneself in the crowded mechanical keyboard market. The variety of providers and customization options means there’s something for everybody. But retro gaming controller…

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This AI used GPT-4 to become an expert Minecraft player

[ad_1] AI researchers have built a Minecraft bot that can explore and expand its capabilities in the game’s open world — but unlike other bots, this one basically wrote its…

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Lightmatter’s photonic AI hardware is ready to shine with $154M in new funding

[ad_1] Photonic computing startup Lightmatter is taking its big shot at the rapidly growing AI computation market with a hardware-software combo it claims will help the industry level up —…

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Optery using its new funding to evolve from data broker opt-outs to personal info platform

[ad_1] We can all agree that data brokers are creepy and bad, and that in this age they have feasted upon our personal information like never before. Opting out is…

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