Nintendo targets Steam May 29, 2023

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JAPANESE COMPANY MURDERS DOLPHIN

Nintendo blocks Steam release of Dolphin emulator

After patching popular duplication glitch in TotK

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/dolphin-emulator-steam-release-indefinitely-postponed

Official blog post https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/05/27/dolphin-steam-indefinitely-postponed/

Nintendo threatened Valve that release would violate DMCA https://www.pcgamer.com/nintendo-sends-valve-dmca-notice-to-block-steam-release-of-wii-emulator-dolphin/

Nintendo says Dolphin’s existence “harms development and ultimately stifles innovation".

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-says-dolphin-emulator-on-steam-harms-development-and-ultimately-stifles-innovation

Meanwhile, Nintendo continues to allegedly sell defective controllers (TotK Pro Controller) https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/13u0vcj/nintendo_president_apologized_over_joycon_drift/

 

IS IT A 1/10 OR AN 11/10?

Nvidia uveils “ACE for Games”, AI model foundry service for lifelike NPCs https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-ace-for-games-sparks-life-into-virtual-characters-with-generative-ai

“designed to bring game characters to life using natural language conversation, audio-to-facial-expression and text-to-speech / speech-to-text capabilities.” https://lmg.gg/SLyGS

Video Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R8xZb6J3r0

Some worried this will take jobs https://kotaku.com/nvidia-ace-ai-rtx-4060-ti-gpu-graphics-gaming-jobs-1850484480

 

THE QUEST TO DEFEAT APPLE

The Gur-Man tests the Quest 3 to compare to upcoming Apple Headset

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-28/meta-quest-3-real-life-hands-on-how-it-compares-to-apple-mixed-reality-headset-li7h3suy

May feature color cameras for “more lifelike pass-through” https://www.engadget.com/metas-quest-3-headset-could-feature-color-cameras-for-more-lifelike-pass-through-video-155645837.html 

May be lighter and thinner than Quest 2 “feels far lighter and thinner than the existing Quest 2 from 2020.” https://lmg.gg/kpvia

2^nd major area of improvement: performance, “The speed of navigating through the device’s interface, launching apps and playing games also felt much improved over the Quest 2. That’s because the headset includes a second-generation version of Qualcomm Inc.’s Snapdragon XR2 chip.” https://lmg.gg/SsXuR

Assuming $500 price, Quest 3 is “about a fifth as much as the Apple headset—while being more than a fifth as compelling” https://lmg.gg/zQtZw

 

 

 

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ASUS REVEALS LEAST-FAVORITE MARVEL CHARACTER

Asus unveils cable-less RTX 4070 GPU

 https://www.dexerto.com/tech/asus-shows-off-connector-less-nvidia-rtx-4070-gpu-2159281/

PCIe connector that can supply 600W https://www.notebookcheck.net/Concept-RTX-4070-board-says-goodbye-to-power-cables-as-ASUS-shows-off-a-new-proprietary-solution.721599.0.html

Connector is proprietary and only available on a “select range of motherboards” https://wccftech.com/asus-shows-off-geforce-rtx-40-graphics-card-without-power-connectors-uses-proprietary-slot/

 

AI INFILTRATING HUMAN THOUGHTS.  PANIC.

AI writing assistants can cause biased thinking in users

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/ai-writing-assistants-can-cause-biased-thinking-in-their-users/

Study https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3544548.3581196

Built Reddit-like social media platform and writing assistants akin to Google Smart Compose

https://lmg.gg/VrIzc

The biased language model “affected the opinions expressed in participants’ writing and shifted their

opinions in the subsequent attitude survey.” (EDITOR: highlight quote in abstract of study)

 

JUST WAIT 3 MONTHS

Twitter pulls out of EU disinformation code

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65733969

EU’s internal market commissioner announced it on Twitter; warned new laws would force compliance https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1662194595755704321

Combating disinfo will be law when Digital Services Act comes into effect August 25 https://lmg.gg/9igXM

 

 

Q REVEALED

Updates to Sony’s Project Q

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-project-q-ps5-game-handheld-revealed-what-we-know-so-far/

Been in the works since 2015 https://gamerant.com/sony-project-q-handheld-2015-patent/

Yet has a battery life of 3-4 hours https://insider-gaming.com/project-q-battery-life/

Rumoured to be coming out in November https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737130/sony-playstation-handheld-project-q-release-date-november-rumor

 

 

LAWYER TRIP-SITS FOR AI

Lawyer used ChatGPT during a trial, it cited multiple cases that don’t exist

NYT broke story https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html

-        EDITOR https://www.removepaywall.com/www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html

Lawyer admitted in affidavit https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23826751-mata-v-avianca-airlines-affidavit-in-opposition-to-motion?responsive=1&title=1

Said he questioned ChatGPT’s sources, asked if it was lying; satisfied when it said they were listed in legal research platforms https://lmg.gg/AWQcN