Nvidia says AI models lack 'common sense' so it's drafting in good old fashioned human beings to give them a pop quiz

Nvidia says AI models lack ‘common sense’ so it’s drafting in good old fashioned human beings to give them a pop quiz

Well, you heard it here first: Nvidia admits AI models generally lack “common sense.” I mean, obviously this is far from some earth-shattering revelation—anyone with eyes on this news story knows not to put glue in their pizza sauce, but that hasn’t stopped Google’s AI overview from suggesting you add a dollop to make it…

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Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there’s (almost) no good reason to believe is happening

Half-Life 3 fever has once again broken out across social media, and the Half-Life subreddit is full of both earnestly hopeful and sarcastically dismissive posts about the supposedly imminent announcement of a sequel to Valve’s landmark 2004 shooter—probably the most speculated-about game ever not to exist. You might think that all this anticipation was prompted…

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The story for Paradox’s original, canned Bloodlines 2 has gone the way of the dodo, and its fired narrative lead says no one’s spoken to him about it, but the good news is he’s working on 2 games at once right now

If there’s a recent game-dev story I’m ravenous to hear more about, it’s this: what the hell happened with Hardsuit Labs’ version of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2? If you can cast your mind back to the heady days of 2019, you might remember the game’s initial announcement, when Paradox got Brian Mitsoda—writer on…

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Ubisoft has made its colorblindness simulation tool available to any game developer for free

Ubisoft has announced that its internal tool to help developers make colorblind-accessible videogames is available for public use “after several years of internal use and development.” Chroma lets developers replicate the experience of colorblind players in real time, as they actually play the game, by applying a filter over the screen that doesn’t degrade game…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, March 6

Use our hint for today’s Wordle to get your game off to the perfect start. Don’t worry about spoilers either, as it’s been written to help without giving the game away. Make sure you pair it without general tips too, so you can really get the most out of those first few guesses. As always,…

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I played a visual novel about the terror of having a ‘casual’ boss and a job that wants you to conform to society’s expectations—but not the ones involving economic stability

Truer than You is a visual novel about the gig economy. You’re hired by a start-up run by a techbro who wears “fun” t-shirts—always a warning sign—to complete vague tasks delivered via phone app. It’s sort of like Fiverr only the jobs range from helping someone who might be an artist or might be a…

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