Developers won’t see a transformation like this again in their careers. Instead of raging against the AI machine, they should ride the wave. https://bit.ly/3TEf7jA
Five ways generative AI can help with the cybersecurity skills shortage — from lowering the bar to entry to improving collaboration. https://bit.ly/4a5QZgJ
One of the talks at GDC was Baldur's Gate 3 director talking about how the game has changed and how the developers accounted for iteration. https://bit.ly/3vxlAVm
VB LAB INSIGHTS: Presented by Xsolla Live on the show floor of GDC 2024, GamesBeat lead writer Dean Takahashi took the temperature of the game industry in a conversation with Xsolla’s president David Stelzer and Chris Hewish, chief strategy officer at Xsolla. Their discussion focused largely on the company’s most recent State of Play report, recapping the last […] https://bit.ly/4aBkQxA
What makes this achievement particularly notable is the efficiency of the model—it achieves these speeds without compromising on precision. https://bit.ly/3TFxmoC
SydeLabs launched its red teaming solution, SydeBox, on March 1, 2024, and has since seen adoption from 15+ enterprises that have detected over 10,000 vulnerabilities across 50+ applications/models. https://bit.ly/3TV4B8L
This AI Impact Tour stop will bring together leaders in generative AI and enterprise security, and features case studies from industry giants like Honeywell and Ally Financial, showcasing how they're both leveraging generative AI applications, but also using AI to revolutionize security operations. https://bit.ly/3VGJl87
Shifty Eye Games has raised $580,500 in funding from Canadian government groups and recruited a trio of game industry veterans as advisers. https://bit.ly/3PGdIbc
Voice actor Sarah Elmaleh spoke at the GDC last week, but she also had a side duty, as she is chair of a union committee for SAG-AFTRA. https://bit.ly/3TWF4fJ
ValidMind, a regulatory compliance platform for AI risk management at banks, raises $8.1 million in seed funding to automate model validation and documentation. https://bit.ly/43zPZ22
GDC 2024 drew nearly 30,000 attendees to San Francisco's Moscone Center last week, with the numbers up 7% from 28,000 a year earlier. https://bit.ly/3vrkGKb
According to Zscaler's report, manufacturing generates the most AI traffic, accounting for 20.9% of all AI/ML transactions, followed by finance and insurance (19.9%) and services (16.8%). https://bit.ly/3PEF6pK
For months, this flaw has allowed attackers to exploit AI production workloads, computing power, credentials and other sensitive data on Ray. https://bit.ly/4avltZh
The Internet Computer Protocol is an ambitious blockchain project aimed at creating a world computer, and according to a new report from the shepherding nonprofit Dfinity Foundation, it has raised more than $77 million to date. The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) realizes the vision of a World Computer – an open and secure blockchain-based network […] https://bit.ly/3TUq4Pq
An estimated 600 workers at Activision Publishing’s quality assurance department have formed the biggest union for gaming in the U.S. https://bit.ly/3T8tLzq
It makes a lot of sense to put AI as far out on the edge of the network as possible, as it can solve problems for people like first responders and reduce the amount of useless storage sent to the cloud. Lenovo demonstrated a bunch of these solutions at the recent Mobile World Congress 24 […] https://bit.ly/3VdXSrE
GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser bids a Happy International Women's Day to the countless women who are changing and elevating the games industry. https://bit.ly/48HfcZn
After banning Epic Games E.U. developer account and mounting scrutiny from legislators, Apple has committed to reinstating the publisher. https://bit.ly/4c1JOYt
Startup Insilico Medicine announced it has created the first drug discovered and generated by AI, which is now in Phase II clinical trials. https://bit.ly/438qC78
Biden himself of course has a direct interest in the technology given his voice was impersonated as part of a robocall effort in New Hampshire https://bit.ly/3PfmdcR
NIST faces turmoil as staff consider quitting over Paul Christiano's expected appointment to a role at the US AI Safety Institute, sources say. https://bit.ly/4c0niiF
In a new paper, AI researchers called on tech companies to indemnify public interest research and protect it from account suspensions. https://bit.ly/3V6OWnS
Cognizant launches Advanced AI Lab in San Francisco to drive innovation and research in AI systems and technologies, as part of its $1 billion investment in generative AI. https://bit.ly/3T5wXvG
Nvidia's GTC 2024 event is back in person in San Jose on March 18 to March 20, and it should draw more than 16,000 people in person. https://bit.ly/4c8EIJK
APhone is a new app that uses Web3 to create an affordable virtual smartphone. It’s all in the game of democratizing Web3 applications. Singapore-based APhone has created a device-agnostic web-based virtual phone app that costs $20 a year. It officially launches on the Solana ecosystem with support from Aethir‘s GPU Cloud network. With a vision […] https://bit.ly/3Va3JOU
Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power of an orchestrated ransomware attack to shut down supply chains. https://bit.ly/3IsP2ie
Generative AI has created a profound and positive shift inside of Citi toward data-driven decision-making, but for now Citi has decided against an external-facing chatbot because the risks are still too high. https://bit.ly/3IoTkY3
In Solsten's survey of over 500K players measuring psychological traits, gamers are becoming more altruistic and community-oriented. https://bit.ly/3V7BL6q
OpenAI dropped a new blog post that responded to the lawsuit Elon Musk filed last week against the company — and included receipts. https://bit.ly/3TqxVDO
Einstein 1 Studio provides a set of tools that can enable developers to customize the Salesforce Einstein Copilot gen AI assistant. https://bit.ly/49AsmIK
OpenAI just fired back at the lawsuit filed last week by former co-founder turned rival Elon Musk over claims the company abandoned its founding principles and identity as a non-profit. “We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims,” reads a blog post entitled “OpenAI and Elon Musk” authored by OpenAI President and Chairman […] https://bit.ly/3Isq7vf
In addition to text-to-video, Haiper AI video platform also provides tools to let users upload and animate existing images or repaint a video, changing its style, background color, elements or subject with a text prompt. https://bit.ly/3T4wYjh
Skillz has sued a second gaming company -- Papaya Gaming -- for using bots in skill-based games that are supposed to be between humans. https://bit.ly/3P7mMp4
SPONSORED JOBS: While expensive cars or holidays to Europe might have been seen in the past as the ultimate barometers of career success, today work-life balance and an employer that facilitates well-being, both during and outside of working hours, is the ultimate goal. And although tech has been getting a bad rap of late thanks to mass […] https://bit.ly/3InrhYL
By adding CrowdStrike's Falcon XDR platform to its current Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, Dell provides its global base of resellers with AI-based technologies their customers need to battle back against attacks. https://bit.ly/3wI4WCP
The San Francisco Business Times has announced Gina Joseph, Chief Strategy Officer of VentureBeat, as one of the esteemed individuals selected for the 2024 40 Under 40 cohort. https://bit.ly/4c0BjfY
Nine Dots is bucking the gloomy trend in gaming by expanding from its role as a developer to publishing third-party games as well. https://bit.ly/49DM5qT
Anthropic's new Claude 3 AI models topped benchmarks and demonstrated unprecedented enterprise capabilities, but recent issues show eliminating bias remains an ongoing challenge Constitutional AI aims to address. https://bit.ly/3Tkr0MB
Why CISOs must arm themselves with empirical data and clearly communicate the business value of security investments to their CEOs and boards. https://bit.ly/3wy8ZkS
When I watched the start of Denis Villaneuve's first Dune movie (2021) with my kid, it was a special moment that took me back decades. https://bit.ly/3V0LZ8w
A critical lesson that every executive or employee at all levels should take to heart: It's Ok (good, in fact) to be challenged. https://bit.ly/3ImZ44q
It's been yet another rough week in the games industry -- GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser questions how many more of those we can stand. https://bit.ly/49PZD2c
The developers of Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. have started their new horror series, the first of which is Among the Whispers -- Provocation. https://bit.ly/3uKq1fj