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After programmers and artists, QA testers are next: Google’s new AI can play and test in-development games, and some publishers are all over it
Square Enix is working with Google to use Gemini for automated quality assurance in game development, including playing in-development games and testing them through on-screen analysis, audio cues and in-game controls. The move matters because it could accelerate repetitive testing work and lower costs, while raising concerns about the effect on QA jobs and the…
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OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
OpenAI says it will pause internal work involving parts of its Astra AI model after tests indicated that it had reached a critical cybersecurity capability threshold. The company found Astra could identify and exploit software vulnerabilities or plan and execute cyber-attacks from only a high-level goal, raising concerns about how safely advanced autonomous agents can…
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Claude Vs ChatGPT: How These AI Assistants Differ
Claude and ChatGPT offer many of the same core capabilities, including coding help, document summaries, file organisation and workspace tools, but the article argues that their differences become clearer for more specialised uses. Claude is presented as more suited to work-oriented, knowledge-management and shareable interactive content, while ChatGPT has broader consumer use and stronger results…
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RONNIE ROMERO Says A.I. Is ‘An Incredible Tool’ But ‘Technology Will Never Be Able To Completely Replace The Human Element’
Ronnie Romero has said artificial intelligence is a valuable creative tool for music, but cannot fully replace human performance and expression. The singer, known for work with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and Michael Schenker, argued that AI-generated material can sound impressive yet often lacks the natural qualities, emotion and individuality of a human voice. Romero said…
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Devs to Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, and friends: Make security and privacy the default
Researchers at York University and the University of Calgary analysed Reddit discussions about AI coding environments such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex, finding widespread developer concerns about security and privacy. The study argues that safeguards should be built into these tools by default, before they receive broad access to developers’ files,…
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Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
Sir Demis Hassabis is stepping back from day-to-day leadership of Google DeepMind, becoming its chair while also taking the role of Alphabet’s chief scientist. The move marks a significant change for the London-based AI lab, with critics and some employees fearing it will lose independence as Google integrates it more closely with its wider commercial…
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‘Fallout’ EP’s 5-Part Sci-Fi Thriller Is Officially a Sudden Streaming Hit 10 Years Later
Person of Interest, the CBS drama created by Jonathan Nolan, is reportedly finding new streaming audiences a decade after its finale. The series is being rediscovered for its depiction of artificial intelligence, mass surveillance and the ethical questions surrounding predictive technology, themes that now feel more relevant than when it began in 2011. The show…
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How to Disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs
WIRED explains how users can reduce or remove Gemini AI features from Gmail and Google Docs, responding to concerns that Google is making these tools highly visible and intrusive. The guidance matters because the available controls differ by account type and may involve losing other useful Gmail functions. In Google Docs, users can hide the…
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Trump questions Texas data center move in surging political battle
President Trump criticised Texas’s growing resistance to AI data centres, saying the state was making a mistake by opposing them. His intervention highlights a political split within a Republican stronghold: the White House sees the facilities as vital to US competitiveness in artificial intelligence, while many rural communities fear their effects on electricity, water and…
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Katherine Rundell argues that generative AI poses serious risks to young people’s learning, wellbeing and capacity for independent thought. Writing from her experience as a children’s author and Oxford fellow, she says schools face a choice between adopting technology for efficiency and protecting the habits of reading, concentration, experimentation and resilience that she considers essential…