As YouTube grows on TV, it eyes more interactive video across formats
YouTube's hiring across roles, partnerships, and a Bengaluru hub shows how it is building out its TV strategy.
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The vibes are off at OpenAI
OpenAI is in a relatively precarious position. The company is and has been a funding behemoth - just over a week ago, it closed $122 billion in funding at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. It's potentially planning for an IPO later this year. ChatGPT's longtime lead in consumer-facing AI led it to name-brand status […]
Anthropic limits access to Mythos, its new cybersecurity AI model
A select group of customers is testing the Claude Mythos Preview.
Ikea’s New Lineup of Smart Home Gear Is Quietly Changing the Game
Ikea’s latest light bulbs, remotes, and more have arrived, plus plenty of other fun gear that’s well-priced and easy to control.
Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence
Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma.
LLM plays an 8-bit Commander X16 game using structured "smart senses"
I connected the ChatGPT API (model gpt-4o) to an 8-bit shoot-'em-up game, PvP-AI, running on a Commander X16 emulator.
Instead of pixels or audio, the model receives structured text summaries, what I’m calling "smart senses", based on the game's existing touch and EMF-style inputs.
The LLM maintains notes between turns, develops strategies across games, and even discovers an exploit in the built-in AI's behavior.
Write-up, technical details, and three sequential gameplay recordings: https://pvp-ai.russell-harper.com/#v3
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689550
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Xbox’s new era needs games like Forza Horizon 6
It's a weird time at Xbox. Microsoft's gaming division is under new management, with its current leadership intent on what it describes as "a renewed commitment to Xbox." But given that no one really knows what an Xbox is at this point, that could mean many things. What Xbox needs is a game to signal […]
Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages
Unionized staff at ProPublica, one of the country's leading nonprofit newsrooms, are walking off the job for 24 hours beginning Wednesday and asking the public to honor a digital picket line. The roughly 150 members of the ProPublica Guild are in the midst of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement after unionizing in 2023. The union […]
US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689237
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