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Hindustan Times

‘This is a good one, right?’: New docs reveal Epstein, Trump's dialogue about 14-year-old; POTUS 'nodded in agreement'

The newly-released documents on Jeffrey Epstein have revealed a shocking exchange between him and Donald Trump about a 14-year-old victim. FILE PHOTO: An image of U.S. President Donald Trump alongside ...
GamesRadar+

Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says generative AI "sounds crap," and any studio using it for dialogue should pay actors to re-record lines: "You've got the money now"

Neil Newbon, the actor behind loveable vampire Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, has some advice for studios who've made big bucks off of games that use generative AI to perform voice lines: go back and do ...
OPB

Portland Police Bureau is using Dialogue Liaison Officers to help de-escalate at ICE protests

In September, Portland Police Chief Bob Day told “Think Out Loud” that the bureau’s approach to these protests is consciously different from the one it took in 2020. “The use of our Dialogue Officers ...
GamesIndustry

Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row

Eurogamer's 2 out of 5 review of Embark Studios' extraction shooter Arc Raiders has led to some heated discussions on social media, with reviewer Rick Lane criticising the game's use of AI voice ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer says AI-generated writing is a "3/10 at best" and "doesn't" actually help game development RPGs Baldur's Gate 3 director u-turns on the use of AI art in ...
Futurism

Judge Gives Humiliating Punishment to Lawyers Caught Using AI in Court

AI tools have become a hit with lawyers. But judges have shown they have little patience for when their experiments with the tech go wrong. When combing over a document submitted by two defense ...
Edutopia

6 Books to Inspire Student Writers in Elementary School

I used to think mentor texts were just something you pulled off the shelf during writing time. But once I started using them intentionally—really slowing down and showing students how authors craft ...
PC Gamer

87% of game developers are already using AI agents and over a third use AI for creative elements like level design and dialogue according to a new Google survey

Fully 87% of game developers are already using AI agents. That's according to a new survey from Google Cloud and The Harris Poll of 615 game developers in the United States, South Korea, Norway, ...
CNN

Drone footage reveals orcas using tools in a stunning first

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...
GameSpot

Fortnite Boss Makes A Bold Claim About AI In Video Games

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Fortnite developer Epic Games, has discussed the role of artificial intelligence tools and systems for the future ...