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ChatGPT, Bing Chat and the AI ghost in the machine

February 21, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. New York Times reporter Kevin Roose recently had a close encounter of the robotic kind with a shadow-self that seemingly emerged from Bing’s new chatbot — Bing Chat — also known as “Sydney.” News of this interaction quickly went viral and now serves as a cautionary tale about AI. Roose felt rattled after a…
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Horror filmmaker Blumhouse expands into games

February 21, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Horror filmmaker Blumhouse has launched a new subsidiary to produce and publish video games. Blumhouse Games will be headed by president Zach Wood and CFO Don…
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Gaming’s renewal of vows with Hollywood and more on UGC/generative AI | The DeanBeat

February 21, 2023
I worked a couple of days in Santa Monica, California, this week to get a fresh perspective on games. It was my third visit to Los Angeles in recent weeks and a fruitful one, as Southern California has become a vibrant hub for the gaming business in the Golden State. It’s vibrant because we’ve seen gaming and Hollywood get married again, thanks to the huge success of The Last of Us television…
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OnePlus ‘V Fold’ might not be a total copy of Oppo’s Find N2 after all

February 21, 2023
OnePlus has all but confirmed it will launch its first foldable smartphones later on this year, with the “OnePlus V Fold” and “OnePlus V Flip” in the pipeline. But, according to a new leak, the “OnePlus V Fold” may not be a copy of the Oppo Find N2 after all. The foldable market is set to expand in major ways this year, and OnePlus has been expected for quite some time to essentially…
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No, I didn’t test the new Bing AI chatbot last week. Here’s why | The AI Beat

February 21, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. I’m not just another journalist writing a column about how I spent last week trying out Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot. No, really. I’m not another reporter telling the world how Sydney, the internal code name of Bing’s AI chat mode, made me feel all the feelings until it completely creeped me out and I…
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