Buildbox wants ordinary creators and aspiring game developers to create the visual narrative games of the future with its new tool StoryGames.AI.
StoryGames.AI is live now. It combines generative AI with user-friendly tools to inspire amateurs to create games that are like visual novels, said Jonathan Zweig, CEO of Buildbox, in an interview with GamesBeat.
In a world where storytelling takes…
Runway launches new ‘Watch’ feature as CEO says Hollywood AI discourse ‘needs to be more nuanced’
August 18, 2023
As Hollywood strikes by actors and writers continue, with the impact of generative AI on their industry and jobs a central concern, Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela knows his gen AI video startup — most recently valued at $1.5 billion — is under fire from those on the…
Many might not be surprised, but today the 2023 Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging technologies placed generative AI on the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’ for the first time.
Each year, Gartner creates more than 90 Hype Cycles as a way for its clients to track technology…
McKinsey and Company, the nearly century-old firm that is the one of the largest consulting agencies in the world, made headlines earlier this year with its rapid embrace of generative AI tools, saying in June that nearly half of its 30,000 employees were using the technology.
Now, the company is debuting a gen AI tool of its own: Lilli, a new chat application for employees designed by…
NCSoft reveals VARCO AI language models
August 17, 2023
NCSoft announced today it’s launching a group of AI language models under the umbrella name VARCO LLM. It’s comprised of four language models, and generative AI services powered by those language models. Specifically, three of the generative AI services powered by VARCO…
War Robots mobile shooter hits 250M downloads
August 17, 2023
My.Games announced that its War Robots mobile shooter has surpassed 250 million registered players across all platforms.
Built by its in-house game studio Pixonic, War Robots is currently available on the App Store, Google Play, and Steam, My.Games said.
War Robots…
Ex-MZ CEO launches BeFake, an AI-based social media app
August 17, 2023
Alias Technologies, an AI company started by former Machine Zone CEO Kristen Garcia Dumont, has introduced BeFake, a social media app for digital self-expression. It’s built on the catch phrase, “Why be real when you can be fake?”
The app, now available on both the App Store and Google Play, offers a refreshing alternative to the conventional reality portrayed on existing social media…
The Canadian government plans to consult with the public about the creation of a “voluntary code of practice” for generative AI companies.
According to The National Post, a note detailing the consultations was accidentally posted on the government of Canada’s…
OpenAI is making more moves. The company behind ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 just announced it has acquired Global Illumination, Inc., a New York City-based startup founded in 2021 by a trio of former Facebook and Instagram workers — Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon and Joey Flynn…
One of the most unsung jobs of the internet era is that of the content moderator.
Casey Newton, Adrien Chen and others have previously reported eloquently and harrowingly on the plight of these laborers, who number in the thousands and are tasked by large social networks such as Facebook with reviewing troves of user-generated content for violations and removing it from said platforms.
The content…
