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Elon Musk says “We need more babies” — then creates digital girlfriends so you actually won’t go out and make any babies

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The two main attractions are Ani, a playful anime girl wearing black, and Rudy, a red panda displaying different moods, including the grumpy “Bad Rudy” who says things like “Early morning and I’m already planning to swap all the coffee in town with watered-down decaf.” It’s worth mentioning that this is only a few days after Grok became unhinged and started referring to itself as “Mecha Hitler.

Intel is laying off thousands of US workers in AI restructuring — CEO Lip-Bu Tan says it’s “too late” to catch up with the competition

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These job cuts are a consequence of a company announcement made by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who informed his team that Intel no longer ranks among the top 10 semiconductor companies. Furthermore, he stated that it is now impractical for them to develop in-house AI models on hardware that struggles to challenge NVIDIA’s market supremacy within this field (as reported by Oregon Live).

Microsoft’s AI CEO says Google nearly launched “ChatGPT” before OpenAI — but brutal skeptics, fears of disrupting search, and safety concerns thwarted the plan

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In my analysis, during our conversation, the executive shared an intriguing phase in his professional journey when he was part of Google before moving on to establish Inflection AI. He vividly spoke about his time at the tech colossus, highlighting his struggles, particularly when his endeavors to bring LaMDA into fruition were unsuccessful.

ZeniMax QA testers face whiplash and “rancid” work morale following Microsoft’s gaming layoffs — but the union still fights

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Across our entire studio, it feels like we’ve unexpectedly let go of numerous skilled, exceptional team members. Each individual who was terminated was someone I relied on to complete tasks effectively, and individuals whom we truly depended upon. This situation is particularly challenging because it seems so unjustified.

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate reviews open ‘Mixed’ on Steam, with a player count only a fraction of The Final Shape’s — I’m surprised it’s this low after a new expansion

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As I type this, the user feedback for “Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate” and recent reviews for “Destiny 2” on Steam, the primary PC gaming platform, are classified as “Mixed.” Specifically, there are 382 reviews for the expansion and 3,138 reviews for the main game. It’s worth noting that many players have left their feedback for the expansion on the main Destiny 2 page. The ratings for Destiny 2 on Xbox and PlayStation are trickier to gauge, but most recent Xbox reviews for the game are negative, while the expansion has a 3.79/5 star rating on the PlayStation Store.