A new user-created Grand Theft Auto 5 mod lets players have real-time interactions with non-playable characters (NPCs) powered by artificial intelligence—and the conversations range from relatively normal to completely unhinged. “Each of these characters have very distinct personalities. And depending on which one you choose and how you play in your playthrough, they’re going to react completely different,” pseudonymous mod…
Will they or won’t they? After months of back-and-forth taunts and rumblings of UFC getting in the mix, Twitter (or X) owner Elon Musk said Friday that his fight against Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will indeed take place—in Italy. Writing that the fight will be managed by his own foundation alongside Zuckerberg’s—and not mixed martial arts league UFC,…
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer Technologies, a firm spun-off from prominent Bitcoin Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) manufacturer Bitmain, recorded a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2023, up from a net loss of $15.6 million in Q2 2022. The company disclosed in its earnings report published on Aug. 11 that the losses were largely attributed to a $33.2 million listing fee…
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) delay in deciding whether to approve a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States is fueling expectations that a final verdict will come in a batch that includes key players on Wall Street, including BlackRock and Fidelity. “There’s a tremendous amount of pressure on the SEC to approve a number of…
Bitcoin (BTC) traders are currently not pleased with the recent price trends, especially due to the inability of its price to surpass the $30,500 mark over the last four weeks. This frustration is compounded by the fact that several requests for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are either being delayed or pending review from regulators. Interestingly, there has been a…
ARK Investment Management founder and CEO Cathie Wood predicted on Aug. 7 the SEC would delay its decision on the firm’s spot BTC ETF application. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/sec-punts-ark21shares-spot-bitcoin-etf-opens-proposal-comments
In the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, not all large language models are created equal. Two new studies reveal striking differences in the capabilities of popular systems like ChatGPT when put to the test on complex real-world tasks. According to researchers at Purdue University, ChatGPT struggles with even basic coding challenges. The team evaluated ChatGPT’s responses to over 500…
In the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, not all large language models are created equal. Two new studies reveal striking differences in the capabilities of popular systems like ChatGPT when put to the test on complex real-world tasks. According to researchers at Purdue University, ChatGPT struggles with even basic coding challenges. The team evaluated ChatGPT’s responses to over 500…
DeFi blockchain explorer platform DeBank has announced DeBank Chain, a new layer-2 blockchain built on Optimism’s OP Stack. Billed as an “asset later for social,” DeBank Chain is built as an optimistic rollup which claims to have reduced the “L1 data storage gas cost by 100 to 400 times.” The OP Stack is a blockchain development standard by Optimism team…
Parallel is an upcoming competitive trading card game (TCG) that lets gamers play as a leader of one of five different “parallels,” or factions, in the context of an epic sci-fi world. Players must battle each other with custom-built decks of 40 cards each, and fight until one player’s main health points (HP) reach zero. While there are already plenty…
