Month: December 2023
My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world’s toughest physical games in just six hours
An AI just mastered Labyrinth in six hours, and I am questioning my own existence. I started playing Labyrinth in the 1970s. While it may look deceptively simple and is fully analog, Labyrinth is an incredibly difficult, nearly 60-year-old physical board game that challenges you to navigate a metal ball…
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UK Supreme Court rules AI is not an inventor
The UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot get patents, declaring it cannot be named as an inventor of new products because the law considers only humans or companies to be creators. The court unanimously denied a petition from Stephen Thaler, founder of the AI system DABUS, to name his…
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Microsoft announces more Xbox leadership changes as Activision’s Bobby Kotick departs
Earlier today, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick formally announced that Friday December 29th, 2023 will be his last day at Microsoft Gaming. Under Bobby’s watch, Activision Blizzard in its many incarnations has been an enduring pillar of video games. Whether it’s Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush Saga or any number…
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gets delayed by a month on the Epic Games Store
Rocksteady has announced that the Epic Games Store version of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been delayed. “The release for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on the Epic Games Store is now March 5, 2024,” wrote Rocksteady in its Discord channel (via Eurogamer). As of writing, the…
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Starfield mod transforms the Adoring Fan into ‘a combat machine’
A new Starfield mod has gone out of its way to buff the Adoring Fan – the iconic (and rather irritating) companion character first seen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. The Adoring Fan is one of Starfield’s most infamous NPCs, solely due to his old Oblivion roots. Since Oblivion’s…
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Windows and macOS targeted by new Go-based malware
Windows and macOS users are being targeted with JaskaGO, a rare instance of cross-platform malware capable of data exfiltration, second-stage malware deployment, and more, experts have warned. According to AT&T Alien Labs, which uncovered the threat, JaskaGO is written in the Go programming language, and is equipped with an “extensive…
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