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It's here: OpenAI's o3-mini advanced reasoning model arrives to counter DeepSeek's rise
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 21:00
It's 63% cheaper than OpenAI o1-mini and 93% cheaper than the full o1 model, priced at $1.10/$4.40 per million tokens in/out.
Survive until 25? We're off to a rough start | The DeanBeat
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 20:00
Last year, the saying going around the game industry was Survive until 25. The hope was that things would get better after a very rough year.
Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures teases animation project and action-comedy adventure game
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 16:00
Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures is teasing some new projects including an animated series and an action-comedy adventure game.
Midnight Society shuts down and kills Dead Drop game
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 08:20
In the wake of parting ways with gaming personality Dr. Disrespect, Midnight Society has closed its doors and killed the first-person shooter game Dead Drop.
Summer Game Fest debuts in LA on June 6 to June 9, 2025
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 07:15
The sixth annual Summer Game Fest is returning to Los Angeles from June 6 to June 9, 2025.
Mother Games drops first trailer for surrealist RPG Le Zoo
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 01:33
Mother Games, which launched from stealth last year, revealed the teaser trailer for its RPG Le Zoo, which it plans to launch this year.
Former Google, Meta leaders launch Palona AI, bringing personalized, emotive customer agents to non-techie enterprises
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 00:29
Palona's approach suggests that customer relationships don't have to be sacrificed for automation--instead, AI can enhance personalization.
Meta uncharacteristically quiet about $5 billion in VR losses
Venture Beat - 31 Jan 2025 00:10
Meta is standing by their VR projects as their foot in the door for the Metaverse, but it's becoming an expensive investment.