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Crawley and Brook help Sunrisers beat Super Giants
Sunrisers Leeds beat Manchester Super Giants by eight wickets at Headingley, ending the Super Giants’ unbeaten start to this year’s Hundred. Mitch Marsh led the chase with a fierce 63 from 26 balls before England pair Zak Crawley and Harry Brook finished the job, both recording their best scores of the tournament so far. Chasing…
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Despite AI hype, Google’s data shows workers aren’t automating themselves away
A new Google Research study analysing 15 million anonymised interactions with its Gemini AI across the Gemini App, AI Mode, and the Gemini API has found little evidence that AI is driving mass automation or displacement of white-collar work, despite widespread predictions to the contrary. The research, dubbed the “AI & Economy ATLAS”, concludes that…
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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has signalled a significant shift in tone, saying the company may need to “pace” the development of artificial intelligence to give society time to adapt to new capability levels. This marks a departure from his previous stance, having dismissed a 2023 open letter calling for a similar slowdown as lacking…
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Double Fine lays off a third of workforce after Microsoft split
Double Fine, the studio behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, has laid off around a third of its staff, weeks after regaining independence from Xbox. Founder Tim Schafer confirmed the redundancies, framing them as a necessary step to secure the studio’s future now that it no longer has the financial backing of a major publisher. The…
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A Chance To Get Behind The Wheel Of Crazy Taxi: World Tour Is Coming Soon
Sega has announced that players will soon be able to try Crazy Taxi: World Tour through a closed network test. The test offers an early opportunity to experience the revival of the arcade driving series before its full release, allowing Sega to gather player feedback and assess online features. Crazy Taxi: World Tour is planned…
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Stardew Valley’s influence on cozy games is finally coming to an end
After 10 years of cozy farm games copying Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon-style character stories, we’re starting to see a much-needed change
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Tech Life
This BBC World Service episode of Tech Life explores AI agents, software tools that can carry out tasks autonomously on a user’s behalf, examining what they can currently do and what listeners should understand about them as the technology increasingly makes headlines. Host Chris Vallance speaks to an expert to unpack the capabilities and implications…
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Double Fine lays off about a third of its employees
Double Fine lays off about a third of its staff.
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Blackburn unveils bill to keep biological men out of Daughters of the American Revolution
Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, has introduced legislation that would prohibit biological men from joining the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a historic lineage-based women’s organisation. The bill follows a vote by the DAR itself in which members rejected a proposal to formally ban transgender members, prompting Blackburn to pursue the restriction through…
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War machines can run amok with AI in control
A not-for-profit transparency watchdog, Airwars, has published a detailed report titled “Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain” that maps out how artificial intelligence is used across modern military targeting and strikes. The investigation walks through a fictitious but representative kill chain to show how machine learning now shapes decisions on the battlefield, with the authors…