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Judge denies injunction in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. A judge has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s pending merger. While the FTC can still appeal this decision, this is a major win in favor of the acquisition. Had the FTC won, it would…
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Anthropic unveils Claude 2, an AI model that produces longer, safer responses

Anthropic, an AI safety startup based in San Francisco, announced today the release of Claude 2, a more capable version of its AI model Claude that produces longer and safer conversations with humans. The updated model has been trained on additional data to generate responses of up to 4000 tokens, up from around 512 tokens in the last version released just four months ago (Claude 1.3). According…
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100 Thieves debuts Bank Heist custom Fortnite Map

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Esports and lifestyle organization 100 Thieves announced the launch of its first game project, Bank Heist. The project was developed in-house using…
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This week in data: How to do generative AI the right way

Are you doing generative AI right, and do you have the tools to future-proof your gen AI strategy?In this week’s video, Bruno explains why every great AI journey starts with data, how you can mind the R.A.F.T., and what’s happening this week at VentureBeat Transform. On July 11-12 in San Francisco, data leaders from Hyatt, Walmart, AWS, Ebay, Wells Fargo, Wayfair, Baptist Health…
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Cliffhanger Games is making Black Panther for EA

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Electronic Arts said Cliffhanger Games will make the original Black Panther game in collaboration with Marvel Games. Cliffhanger Games is a new triple-A development studio based in Seattle, and it’s working on an original, third-person, single-player Black Panther…
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