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CCP Games readies tests for blockchain game Project Awakening | Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 14:30
During 2024, CCP Games will have multiple playtests for Project Awakening, a next-generation blockchain game set with the Eve Online universe. The next tests, dubbed Phase III, get underway on May 21 where about 5,000 pe...
Netflix announces Virgin River game, Sonic Mania Plus coming to platform
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 23:06
Netflix announced the latest games for its platform, including Sonic Mania Plus, Braid and a new dating sim based on its Virgin River series.
EA misses targets and offers weak forecasts for annual bookings (updated)
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 22:29
Video game publisher Electronic Arts forecasted full-year bookings for the coming year that fell below Wall Street's expectations.
Meta introduces image and text generation to Advantage+ for rapid ad creation
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 22:00
Meta introduces new gen AI features for advertisers, letting them use image and text generation to rapidly create ads from existing campaigns.
OpenAI to steer content authentication group C2PA, label Sora videos as AI
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 20:09
OpenAI wants to work with other companies in this space, including its rivals, to develop tools and tech for labeling AI-generated media...
New AI search engine Upend emerges from stealth, powered by 100 LLMs
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 20:07
With team packages priced at $20 per month, Upend aims to drive a cost reduction of up to 90% for enterprise teams.
OpenAI will release a Media Manager tool in 2025, allowing creators to block AI training
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 17:55
No price has yet been listed for the tool, and I'm guessing it will be offered for free since OpenAI is using it to position itself as ethical
Xbox shuts down Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, two more studios
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 17:32
Microsoft is shutting down four game developers under its umbrella: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and two other studios.
Razer partners with 5 startups as Add-Ons to Cortex platform
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 17:00
Razer is expanding its Cortex platform with its new Add-Ons marketplace, featuring tools to customize players' PC gaming experience.
Remote developers are finding hiring hard, and this is why
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 15:10
Navigating the hiring process has never been easy, but where remote working is the norm, new challenges and expectations continue to emerge.
Mindscape and Aesir Interactive unveil open-world adventure Windstorm
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 15:00
Mindscape and Aesir Interactive unveiled Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori, an open-world adventure game coming in September.
Espresso AI emerges from stealth with $11M to tackle the cloud cost crisis
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 15:00
Espresso AI emerges from stealth with more than $11 million in seed funding to reduce cloud data warehouse costs by up to 80% using AI-powered SQL query optimization.
Exclusive: AI startup Tenyx's fine-tuned open-source Llama 3 model outperforms GPT-4
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 14:55
Tenyx has successfully fine-tuned Meta's open-source Llama-3 language model to outperform OpenAI's GPT-4 in certain domains, marking the first time an open-source model has surpassed the proprietary gold standard.
Sprinklr launches 'Digital Twins,' AI versions of brands to provide better customer experiences
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 14:00
Sprinklr's Digital Twins lets brands deploy AI-powered autonomous bot replicas that mirror and enhance the work of their customer-facing teams.
Oracle reveals Code Assist, an AI coding assistant designed for Java and SQL enterprise apps
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 14:00
Oracle reveals an AI-powered code assistant running on its Cloud Infrastructure and is optimized for Java and SQL.
Neurable raises $13M for brain-computer interface with everyday products
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 13:00
Neurable raised $13 million for its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that can work with everyday products.
Nintendo forecasts 19.3% sales drop for fiscal 2025
Venture Beat - 7 May 2024 10:17
Nintendo expects sales to fall 19.3% and earnings to fall 38.9% in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.