Category: Technology
Hades II adds more combat options in its third major early access update
Hades II announced its third update today. The sequel to 2020 indie game darling Hades is technically still in early access on PC and Mac, but has been getting some ahead of its expected official release later this year. The Unseen Update is a free, automatic update that mostly focuses on new combat development. There’s…
Daily AI Use at Work Has Doubled – What’s Slowing Even Broader Adoption?
Image: vanenunes/Envato eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A new Gallup survey reports that 40% of US employees now use AI at least a few times per year, up from 21% two years ago. Among those who use it…
OpenAI Signs $200M Defense Department Deal
Image: Envato/DC_Studio eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. OpenAI accepted a $200 million contract with the US Department of Defense on June 17. The deal includes consolidating all the AI company’s existing public sector products under one banner, OpenAI…
X sues New York over hate speech disclosure law
Social media company X has filed a against the state of New York over a law governing hate speech. The social network’s Global Government Affairs account about the suit, claiming the law’s required disclosures infringe on First Amendment protections for free speech. The Stop Hiding Hate Act, which is slated to take effect this week,…
From AGI Hype to Extinction Fears
Image: Envato/iLexx eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. AI experts and enthusiasts are known to discuss a phrase that was once considered a dark joke: p(doom), which is the estimated probability of a species-wide catastrophe resulting from advanced AI. …
New Robot Dog Offers Companionship to Elderly People Diagnosed With Dementia
Tombot’s robot dog companion Jennie sits on a pillow and can react to touch. Image: Tombot eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. California-based robotics company Tombot has raised $6.1 million in Series A funding for its robot dog companion,…
Xbox’s AMD partnership sheds light on the future of the division’s ecosystem
Microsoft has no plans to get out of the console business anytime soon. The company has been reiterating for a while that it’s going to make at least one more generation of Xbox consoles. It’s now been confirmed that AMD will power the upcoming hardware, . Xbox president Sarah Bond made the announcement in ….
AI Cheating at UK Universities Surges, As Detection Becomes More Challenging
Image: Envato/LightFieldStudios eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A recent investigation by The Guardian has exposed a surge in the number of UK university students caught using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to cheat on their assignments. While traditional…
Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely
Marathon isn’t coming in September after all. Bungie said on Tuesday that it’s delaying the shooter indefinitely. “We’re using this time to empower the team to create the intense, high-stakes experience that a title like Marathon is built around,” the company wrote. Bungie wants to incorporate player feedback from the game’s closed alpha playtest. (It…
Facebook videos are all just going to be reels now
Facebook is once again rebranding the “video” section of its app. This time, the tab formerly known as “,” which was also once called “,” will become “reels.” The change comes as the company says that all video on the social network will now fall under the umbrella of “reels” regardless of how long the…