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Japan Game Company Asks Applicants To Draw

“I strongly believe that it is human creators who can create compelling characters and graphics from scratch.” Anna Good Posted on December 23 2025 1:00 pm CST Tutatamafilm/Shutterstock A Japanese video game studio reportedly changed its hiring process and is sparking discussion about the move online. They needed to do this to fight generative AI…

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Electronic Arts, video game company behind "The Sims" and "Madden NFL," to be acquired in $55 billion deal

Electronic Arts, video game company behind “The Sims” and “Madden NFL,” to be acquired in $55 billion deal

Video game company Electronic Arts (EA), known as the maker of the “The Sims” and “Madden NFL,” is being acquired in a $55 billion deal. The California-based company said Monday it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium of companies that includes Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF; private equity…

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Elon Musk’s xAI lays off 500 jobs amid strategy shift to Specialist AI tutors: Report

Elon Musk’s xAI lays off 500 jobs amid strategy shift to Specialist AI tutors: Report

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has laid off around 500 employees from its data annotation team, according to a report by Business Insider. The move, communicated late on Friday evening, affects workers who were responsible for training the company’s generative AI chatbot, Grok. xAI lays off 500 data annotation staff As per the report,…

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Roblox, one of the world's most popular gaming platforms, bans hate speech. Users have found a way to spread it anyway.

Roblox, one of the world’s most popular gaming platforms, bans hate speech. Users have found a way to spread it anyway.

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions and an image of hate speech found on the Roblox servers and might be triggering to some readers. In Roblox, one of the world’s largest online gaming platforms, users join to play, create, and be themselves in a virtual world — but some might be there for a more…

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