Sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster moves into gaming with Pomme studio deal for Midworld — exclusive
9:30am By Dean TakahashiBest-selling sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster is moving into gaming in a multi-license deal with studio Pomme, starting with a game based on his Midworld novel.Hamilton raises $1.7M to tokenize real-world assets on Bitcoin
8:00am By Dean TakahashiHamilton, a protocol specializing in tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on Bitcoin, has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed funding round.AI comes alive: From bartenders to surgical aides to puppies, tomorrow’s robots are on their way
Sun 4:45pm By Gary Grossman, EdelmanBeyond performing tasks, machines will integrate into our social fabric, requiring us to navigate new relationships with technology.TikTok shuts down in the U.S. (updated)
Sun 2:33am By Dean TakahashiTikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19, the wildly popular short-form video app went dark. The shutdown left me (and millions of other users) in shock as they were greeted with a…Anthropomorphizing AI: Dire consequences of mistaking human-like for human have already emerged
Sat 3:25pm By Roanie Levy, CCCAnthropomorphizing AI creates dangerous blind spots in business decision-making beyond simple operational inefficiencies.Microsoft AutoGen v0.4: A turning point toward more intelligent AI agents for enterprise developers
Sat 2:00pm By Matt MarshallAutoGen represents Microsoft’s latest attempt to address the challenges of building multi-agent systems for enterprise applications. This article explores what this means for the state of agentic AI today, and how it compares to other major frameworks like…GDC reveals finalists for the 27th Independent Games Festival
Fri 5:05pm By Rachel KaserThe Independent Games Festival revealed the nominees for its upcoming awards event, with Consume Me and Despelote leading in nominations.Beyond RAG: How cache-augmented generation reduces latency, complexity for smaller workloads
Fri 4:25pm By Ben DicksonAs LLMs become more capable, many RAG applications can be replaced with cache-augmented generation that include documents in the prompt.Runway’s new AI image generator Frames is here, and it looks fittingly cinematic
Fri 2:46pm By Carl FranzenThe model excels in rendering advanced textures, natural lighting and complex compositions, providing more flexibility.Devin 1.2: Updated AI engineer enhances coding with smarter in-context reasoning, voice integration
Fri 1:02pm By Shubham SharmaDevin 1.2 will help developers with accelerated workflows and less cognitive load in file searches, understanding codebases or fixing code.Gamer-focused Tilted social app raises $1.3M to save TikTok’s creator economy
Fri 1:00pm By Dean TakahashiTikTok might be going away soon, but Tilted hopes to launch a gamer-focused social app on iOS to help save the creator economy in the U.S.Matthew Ball explains what happened to the gaming boom and our chances for recovery | The DeanBeat
Fri 1:00pm By Dean TakahashiMatthew Ball, CEO of Epyllion and author of The Metaverse book, dropped 220 slides in a deck this week that explained what happened in gaming.Bitkraft Ventures hires Anuj Tandon to kick off game investments in India
Fri 10:30am By Dean TakahashiAnuj Tandon has joined Bitkraft Ventures, a seed-stage investor for interactive media and games, as partner focused on the fast-growing Indian game market.Neowiz and Lizard Smoothie team up for MOBA roguelike Shape of Dreams
Fri 9:00am By Dean TakahashiNeowiz has teamed up with Lizard Smoothie to publish the MOBA roguelike Shape of Dreams.AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation
Fri 8:30am By Dean TakahashiAI or Not, an AI fraud detection platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its use of "AI to detect AI" in images.Dizzaract Games launches in Abu Dhabi as Middle East’s largest game studio
Fri 8:00am By Dean TakahashiDizzaract Games has officially launched as the largest game development studio in the Middle East.Sony reportedly cancels two more live-service games, one a God of War title
Thu 7:02pm By Rachel KaserA new report alleges that Sony has canceled two unannounced live-service titles from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games.Dark and Darker Mobile soft launches in Canada in February
Thu 7:00pm By Dean TakahashiKrafton said it will soft launch Dark and Darker Mobile, under development by Bluehole Studio, in Canada on February 5.Microsoft just built an AI that designs materials for the future: Here’s how it works
Thu 6:57pm By Michael NuñezMicrosoft researchers unveil MatterGen, which accelerates scientific discovery 15X and doubles success rates for stable compounds.Game developers expect to get back to growth in 2025 | Metaplay
Thu 5:57pm By Rachel KaserThroughout the games industry’s rather disastrous 2024, the notion that seemed to bolster everyone along was that it was going to get back to growth in the subsequent year. Gaming backend provider Metaplay today revealed a new report, which shows just how…Enterprises can now run real-time data through Google Cloud’s most advanced VMs
Thu 4:52pm By Shubham SharmaEarly adopters like Couchbase are already seeing significant price-performance gains with Google Cloud's new VMs.You can now fine-tune your own version of AI image maker Flux with just 5 images
Thu 1:01pm By Carl FranzenWhether for brand-consistent marketing visuals or detailed character art, the Flux Pro Finetuning API enhances precision and adaptability.Google’s new neural-net LLM architecture separates memory components to control exploding costs of…
Thu 12:04pm By Ben DicksonTitans architecture complements attention layers with neural memory modules that select bits of information worth saving in the long term.AI factories are factories: Overcoming industrial challenges to commoditize AI
Thu 12:00pm By Chris AngeliniThe infrastructure to support AI inherits many challenges that defined industrial factories, from power to scalability and reliability.The path forward for gen AI-powered code development in 2025
Thu 12:00pm By Sean Michael KernerAI-powered code development has come a long way in recent years. Here's where it's headed as 2025 gets underway.Not just hype — here are real-world use cases for AI agents
Thu 12:00pm By Taryn PlumbHere's how robotics manufacturing company Baca Systems and corporate food ordering platform ezCater are using Salesforce's AI agents.Winning the war against adversarial AI needs to start with AI-native SOCs
Thu 12:00pm By Louis ColumbusLet's dive into the many reasons security leaders are embracing AI-native security operations centers (SOCs) as the future of defense.Build or buy? Scaling your enterprise gen AI pipeline in 2025
Thu 12:00pm By Bryson MasseSuccessfully scaling gen AI requires clear, high-value use cases, technological flexibility and an adaptive workforce.4 bold AI predictions for 2025
Thu 12:00pm By Ben DicksonEnterprises can prepare for AI becoming faster, cheaper and more capable in 2025, and take the lead on developing applications.
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