Gamescom, the world’s largest and leading event for computer and video games, will remain in Cologne, Germany and be further expanded. In 2024, Gamescom counted 1,462 exhibiting companies from 64 countries – a new record. The event attracted a total of 335,000 people from 120 countries. This year’s event will take place from Augus…Read More
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Gladia launches Solaria as AI-based multi-lingual speech recognition model for speech-to-text transcription
Gladia, an AI transcription and audio intelligence provider, launched Solaria, a next-gen automatic speech recognition (ASR) model designed to redefine real-time communications for call centers and other voice-first platforms. Solaria now empowers businesses to enhance and expand their customer service operations with AI-powered voice technology th…Read More
ZeniMax workers vote to strike over Microsoft negotiations
ZeniMax Workers United voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike over contract negotiations with parent company Microsoft.Read More
Discord says 1st year of Quests generated 70 campaigns and millions of gamer rewards
Discord announced that its first year of Quests generated 70 campaigns with advertising partners and millions of rewards that kept gamers engaged. Speaking at the ad-focused IAB Playfronts event, Peter Sellis, senior vice president of product at Discord, said that, in the first year of Quests, Discord had found a way to make game discovery and enga…Read More
Roblox launches Rewarded Video Ads, expands ad partnership with Google
Roblox announced today that it’s launching Rewarded Ads for advertisers, as well as adding Google’s Ad Manager to its tech stack.Read More
I asked an AI swarm to fill out a March Madness bracket — here’s what happened
How 50 random sports fans created a highly-accurate March Madness bracket through real-time conversational deliberation.Read More
Emergence AI’s new system automatically creates AI agents rapidly in realtime based on the work at hand
The new system is literally a no code, natural language, AI-powered multi-agent builder, and it works in real time.Read More
The life story behind Tetris, The Perfect Game | Henk Rogers interview
Henk Rogers has written his insider’s take on the story of The Perfect Game: Tetris, From Russia With Love.Read More
HYBE IM raises $21M to boost publishing and IP-based games
Not long after raising $80 million, South Korea’s HYBE IM has raised $21 million to boost its growth in game publishing and IP games.Read More
Nvidia open sources Run:ai Scheduler to foster community collaboration
Following up on previously announced plans, Nvidia said that it has open sourced new elements of the Run:ai platform, including the KAI Scheduler.Read More