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Pocket Worlds, maker of the popular social gaming app Highrise has acquired Infinite Canvas, an AI-driven user-generated content team.Read More

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Here’s what OpenAI’s o1 had to say about AI trends this year. Just how many there are is a testament to AI’s general-purpose value. Read More

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DeepSeek R1’s Monday release has sent shockwaves through the AI community, disrupting assumptions about what’s required to achieve cutting-edge AI performance. This story focuses on exactly how DeepSeek managed this feat, and what it means for the vast number of users of AI models. For enterprises developing AI-driven solutions, DeepSeek’s breakthrough challenges assumptions of OpenAI’s dominance — and offers a blueprint for cost-efficient innovation.Read More

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Prosocial AI supports a hybrid future where human and machine intelligences co-evolve, guided by shared principles and grounded in truth.Read More

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Season 4 of a TV show is not something I write about very often, given my focus is video games. But Season 4 of Mythic Quest is another matter.Read More

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Marc Andreessen, Yann LeCunn, and Mark Zuckerberg have all penned what appear to be responses to the Chinese open source model’s ascent.Read More

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Y Combinator’s fastest-growing startup Origami Agents raises $2M seed round to build AI research tools that help sales teams find perfect customers, reaching $50K MRR in 8 weeks while rejecting the trend of AI sales rep replacement.Read More

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Authorities arrested GameOn Technology founder Alex Beckman and attorney Valerie Lau Beckman (a married couple) for allegedly defrauding investors of $60 million.Read More

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I’m a fan of transparency. Because, as the big newspaper says, “Democracy dies in darkness.”Read More

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G2 Esports announced the launch of a new media agency called 62, which aims to connect brands with gamers.Read More