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Microsoft is expanding its research division, wants feedback from studios that don't make games for Xbox

Microsoftis expanding its research division as it looks to hear feedback from non-Xbox studios.

OpenAI ‘pleads’ for exclusive funding, raises $6.6 billion, leaving Elon Musk’s xAI and other AI firms to fend for themselves

OpenAI ‘pleads’ for exclusive funding, raises $6.6 billion, leaving Elon Musk’s xAI and other AI firms to fend for themselves

OpenAI received $6.6 billion in investment recently and is now valued at $157 billion. Interestingly, OpenAI does not want it its investors to fund competition and has reportedly shared a list of companies to stay away from.

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"We're working to prove that we cannot be broken." STALKER 2 devs tell their story of resilience creating the Xbox, PC sequel amid Russia's Ukraine invasion in new 'War Game' documentary film.

"We're working to prove that we cannot be broken." STALKER 2 devs tell their story of resilience creating the Xbox, PC sequel amid Russia's Ukraine invasion in new 'War Game' documentary film.

Ahead of STALKER 2's launch next month, a new 90-minute documentary has been released that chronicles GSC Game World's journey to develop the game amid Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

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"We had a great discussion with the Xbox team at Square Enix." Xbox leads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond share pics from their Japanese game dev charm offensive at the Tokyo Game Show

Microsoft's consistency when delivering for Japanese and other Asian gaming markets has been middling at best. However, the firm has maintained a presence at the big Tokyo Game Show for several years now. Is progress finally being made?

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Dow Jones Falls After Jobless Claims; Nvidia Rallies, Tesla Slides

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones dropped Thursday after initial unemployment claims. Nvidia stock rallied, while Tesla slid.

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It's time for Insiders to update Windows 11 if they want to try the latest clock app and version of the Microsoft Store

Windows Insiders can now try an improved Microsoft Store and Clock app. Those in the Canary Channel also have a new Windows 11 build to install.

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Google just quietly upgraded Gemini Advanced customers to a better version of its AI

Google has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro to model 002 which is faster and better at math.

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OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billlion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billlion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

OpenAI did not name the investors, but reports said that the funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Thrive Capital, including the company's biggest backer Microsoft and new participants, chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank, among others.

Microsoft Copilot Voice is more human-like than ChatGPT — and it's free to all users

Microsoft Copilot Voice is more human-like than ChatGPT — and it's free to all users

Microsoft has launched a new version of its Copilot app and as well as a new look it includes a ‘voice mode’ similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Advanced Voice. I gave it a try and was impressed.

NVIDIA just debuted its new open-source advanced AI model with state-of-the-art capabilities to take on OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o

NVIDIA just debuted its new open-source advanced AI model with state-of-the-art capabilities to take on OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o

NVIDIA recently unveiled powerful open-source multimodal large language models (LLMs) dubbed NVLM 1.0 with the flagship model, NVLM-D-72B featuring up to 72 billion parameters.

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OpenAI's "collapse" fears reportedly date back to Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's abrupt departure — beyond recent bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months

OpenAI's "collapse" fears reportedly date back to Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's abrupt departure — beyond recent bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months

The departure of OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever raised concern among top officials in the firm behind the curtains. They reportedly tried to get the Chief Scientist back on the team by extending him a new and possibly lucrative deal, but their efforts were turned down.

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OpenAI raises $6.6 billion from Microsoft and NVIDIA, pushing its market cap to $157 billion — with "the world's dominant AI company worth trillions of dollars" and $11.6 billion in sales vision on the horizon

OpenAI raises $6.6 billion from Microsoft and NVIDIA, pushing its market cap to $157 billion — with "the world's dominant AI company worth trillions of dollars" and $11.6 billion in sales vision on the horizon

OpenAI has officially closed its funding round with a $157 billion market capitalization after raising $6.6 billion from many big tech corporations, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and more.

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OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

OpenAI did not name the investors, but reports said that the funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Thrive Capital, including the company's biggest backer Microsoft and new participants, chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank, among others.

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Microsoft is Investigating Reason Behind Developers Prioritizing PlayStation Over Xbox

Microsoft is Investigating Reason Behind Developers Prioritizing PlayStation Over Xbox

Microsoft is now investigating potential reasons why game developers are choosing to skip over Xbox consoles in recent times.

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Microsoft could be working on a foldable phone – and I'm here for it

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Hate subscriptions? Microsoft Office 2024 is out now for a one-time fee

Not a fan of paying for a Microsoft 365 subscription? The new Microsoft Office 2024 is available right now without a monthly cost.

Microsoft asks devs using "competitor's products" why they aren't making games for Xbox: "You probably have a great perspective we could learn from"

PlayStation and Nintendo, watch out

Microsoft announces Recall for Windows Insiders, other AI tools in major new Windows 11 release

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Don't listen to Microsoft Copilot, David Attenborough and William Shatner are very much alive

Microsoft Copilot has run into an issue where it incorrectly lists several living celebrities as deceased. The AI chatbot wrongly claimed Sir David Attenborough and William Shatner had died.

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OpenAI raises $6.6bn in funding, is valued at $157bn

The startup behind ChatGP, which is reportedly planning to become a for-profit business, is now valued on par with Uber

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Windows 11 24H2 update faces gaming issues — devices with Asphalt 8, older versions of Easy Anti-Cheat on compatibility hold

Microsoft is putting Windows 11 24H2 on hold on some systems because of crashes and BSODs with Asphalt 8, Easy Anti-Cheat.

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French AI summit to focus on environmental impact of energy-hungry tech

Event will push for greater transparency and aims to rank AI firms in terms of ability to meet climate goals

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"Art is dead, dude. It’s over. AI won. Humans lost": A controversial artist is reportedly losing millions of dollars because the US Copyright Office refused to register his AI-generated collection — it lacks 'human authorship'

AI artist Jason M. Allen expressed his frustrations over losing millions of dollars to people who stole his AI-generated work. He is seeking the US Copyright Office to reconsider its ruling and copyright his AI-generated collection.

Windows 11 24H2 is finally here and Microsoft's calling it a 'full OS swap', it's just a shame the new Windows update still has Recall

Hey, at least Task Manager is saying MT/s instead of MHz now.

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