Tag: Arts & Entertainment
How exactly did Grok go full ‘MechaHitler?’
Earlier this week, Grok, X's built-in chatbot, took a hard turn toward antisemitism following a recent update. Amid unprompted, hateful rhetoric against Jews, it even began referring to itself as MechaHitler, a reference to 1992's Wolfenstein 3D. X has been working to delete the chatbot's offensive posts. But it's safe…
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Cyberpunk 2077 heads up July’s PS Plus Game Catalog additions
PlayStation Plus members can visit Night City on the house. Years after its botched release, the now-polished Cyberpunk 2077 is now in Sony’s Game Catalog. Other July arrivals include the Half-Life-esque Abiotic Factor and the banana republic sim Tropico 6. Had Cyberpunk 2077 launched in its current state, it may…
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All digital Xbox games now carry standardized accessibility tags
Microsoft just announced that all digital games and experiences are now accompanied by clearly labeled and standardized accessibility tags. These Accessible Games Initiative tags are designed to “provide players with clear and consistent information about the accessibility features in video games.” They are found on top of the store page.…
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The Walking Dead is coming to Dead by Daylight
Behaviour Interactive never misses an opportunity to bring great crossover content to its crown jewel multiplayer survival game, Dead by Daylight. The latest chapter will bring major characters and set pieces from the world of AMC's The Walking Dead to the game. New survivors enter the fold, as players will…
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Playdate Season 2 review: Taria & Como and Black Hole Havoc
We’ve officially made it to the end of Playdate Season Two, and what a season it’s been. Despite having half the number of titles as Season One, this latest round of weekly game releases has made a much stronger impression (on me, at least). If nothing else, it’s just been…
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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess
At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The…
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