Gay Gaming Professionals, a nonprofit that cultivates emerging top performers in the video games industry, has created the Collegiate Games Competition to surface new gaming talent. In partnership with Raw Thrills, the arcade entertainment company, this competition will offer $90,000 in prizes, celebrate video games, and encourage the bright creati…Read More
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How Stack Up is still saving lives of veterans through gaming after a decade
Stephen Machuga, CEO of charity Stack Up, believes video games can help veterans feel like they’re part of society.Read More
Inching towards AGI: How reasoning and deep research are expanding AI from statistical prediction to structured problem-solving
GUEST: AI has evolved at an astonishing pace. What seemed like science fiction just a few years ago is now an undeniable reality. Back in 2017, my firm launched an AI Center of Excellence. AI was certainly getting better at predictive analytics and many machine learning (ML) algorithms were being used for voice recognition, spam detection, spell ch…Read More
Launching your first AI project with a grain of RICE: Weighing reach, impact, confidence and effort to create your roadmap
A new framework inspired by the RICE scoring model balances business value, time-to-market, scalability and risk for your first AI project.Read More
GFAL unveils beta for Diamond Dreams match-3 game with optional Web3 features
GFAL is launching Diamond Dreams, a match-3 puzzle game with a luxury theme and optional Web3 features.Read More
OpenAI’s strategic gambit: The Agents SDK and why it changes everything for enterprise AI
OpenAI’s new API and Agents SDK consolidate a previously fragmented complex ecosystem into a unified, production-ready framework. For enterprise AI teams, the implications are potentially profound: Projects that previously demanded multiple frameworks, specialized vector databases, and complex orchestration logic can now be achieved through a single, standardized platform. But perhaps most revealing is OpenAI’s implicit acknowledgment that solving AI agent reliability issues requires outside expertise. This shift comes amid growing evidence that external developers are finding innovative solutions to agent reliability – something that the shocking Manus release also clearly demonstrated. This strategic concession represents a critical turning point: OpenAI recognizes that even with its vast resources, the path to truly reliable agents requires opening up to outside developers who can discover innovative solutions and workarounds that OpenAI’s internal teams might miss.Read More
Studio People Can Fly phases out VR games, citing retreat in investments from platform holders
With no more money from VR platform holders to subsidize development, studios like People Can Fly are second-guessing their own time with it.Read More
Lovelace Studio uses AI to help players build survival craft sandbox worlds
Lovelace Studio is using generative AI to build Nyric, a tool that can help bring gaming worlds to life for player builders who work in harmony.Read More
Territory Studio SF designs future-facing interfaces for everything from cars to games | The DeanBeat
Territory Studio SF has created “future-facing” designs for everything from a GM concept car to the user interfaces in video games.Read More
51 seconds to breach: How CISOs are countering AI-driven, lightning-fast deepfake, vishing and social engineering attacks
Attackers can breach a network in 51 seconds. CISOs fight back with zero-trust, AI-based threat detection & instant session token revocation.Read More