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Sony patents AI-powered ‘ghost’ that shows you how to get past videogame obstacles, and can even play the hard bits for you

As reported by All About AI, in 2025 Sony was granted a patent for an AI-generated ghost player that can help you out when you’re stuck. (Sony applied for the patent in 2023; these things take time.) The patent proposes an in-game interface that accepts “natural language queries” to identify which bit of the game…

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Man pleads guilty to generating songs with AI then having bots stream them ‘billions of times’ to make over $8 million in royalties

Have you ever stumbled onto an extremely popular artist that you’ve never heard of before, just to wonder if you’re so out of touch that a global phenomenon could pass you by? Well, in at least one recent case, there was a ‘musician’ with billions of streams that basically all came from bots—and if that…

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White House claim that China is ‘engaged in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distil US frontier AI systems’ called ‘pure slander’ by Chinese embassy

It looks like the US government might be getting a little more serious about tackling the growth and development of foreign AI companies, judging by a White House memo seen by the Financial Times. The memo reportedly says: “The US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate,…

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Hyte’s iconic new Wing Gundam Zero case is going to grab your eyeballs first, but it’s these fresh-looking keycaps I really want

If you care about mecha, ’90s anime, or just anime in general, there’s a good chance you’ve thought about getting yourself a Gundam figurine. Well, case and accessory manufacturer Hyte may just allow you to take out two highly mechanical birds with one stone, thanks to its new Gundam collaboration. First up is a version…

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