The layoffs represent the third round of cuts at Twitch in less than a year. Last March, Twitch let go of roughly 400 staffers, and it cut some employees in its customer experience division last October. The unit has also seen turnover in its highest ranks. Longtime CEO Emmett Shear stepped down last March, turning…

“It’s a big relief that Elon Musk is standing up for free speech and removing censorship,” Anil Murty, a cofounder of SIFF, told BuzzFeed News. (He declined to provide evidence that the group’s tweets were shadowbanned before Musk bought Twitter.) Musk, who has fired over 70% of the company’s employees (including content moderators) since he…

In the world of video games, there are plenty of so-called dating simulators, a.k.a. “dating sims,” in which players can craft a personality, meet potential partners and try to win them over. “Thirsty Suitors” is not that, and makes it clear what we’ve been missing in video games: the breakup simulator. Despite a title that…

There are many reasons to be panicked about AI text generators like ChatGPT. The AI might allow students to cheat their way through AP exams. It might give you bad information about how compound interest works, like when CNET used AI to write SEO-friendly explainers on personal finance. It might try to seduce you and…

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

The EU says it is launching “formal enforcement proceedings” against the social media platform.