Author: Zach_Wilson
OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May
In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users’ API keys. At the time,…
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Blizzard is reviving StarCraft as an open-world shooter, but it’ll be a long wait
Announced at BlizzCon 2026, the new StarCraft won't be here until spring 2030. Source
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Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human…
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‘Lyrics represent one of the few moments in streaming when the listener stops being passive’: Musixmatch product chief on why lyrics — not algorithms — are turning casual streamers into super-fans
“Lyrics are where people find meaning in music.” So says Marco Paglia, Chief Product Officer at Musixmatch – the platform delivering time-synced lyrics and translations across all major music streaming services. At a time when passive background streaming feels like it dominates the landscape, I spoke to Marco to find…
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StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter
Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the…
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NEC drops its quantum computing work, marking an end to nearly 30 years of development
NEC has reportedly ended quantum hardware development after nearly three decades of research Several NEC quantum researchers have reportedly moved to rival Fujitsu NEC once ranked first globally in semiconductor sales in 1990 NEC has reportedly stopped building physical quantum computers after roughly three decades of research into superconducting circuits…
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