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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Saber says its rideshare game uses AI for voices, music, and missions.

After denying that it replaced writers for Rideshare “Stimulator” with ChatGPT and admitting that the game has some AI-generated elements, Saber Interactive has added an AI content disclosure to the title’s Steam page.

While the main campaign is written by humans, AI tools are used for “voice generation and some localization.” Free ride mode, which is optional, includes “AI-generated passenger missions and localized dialogue.” There are also radio stations featuring AI-generated music, though they’ll be labeled in the game.

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Rideshare "Stimulator" on Steam

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into Roblox over child safety.

“Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children, and the alleged criminal activity on Roblox warrants congressional scrutiny,” Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote in a letter to Roblox CEO David Baszucki.

The online gaming platform has also been subject to state lawsuits regarding alleged child safety issues. Roblox has settled some of those lawsuits, and it recently launched dedicated accounts for younger users.

Hawley, Durbin Launch Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse on Roblox

[Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator for Missouri]

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Watch the first five minutes of HBO’s Green Lantern show.

We’ve had a couple trailers for Lanterns already, but now you can watch the opening scenes in full on YouTube, including a look at John Stewart’s (Aaron Pierre) unorthodox upbringing. The grounded, True Detective-inspired series premieres on HBO Max this Sunday.

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Netflix is closing two game studiosNetflix is closing two game studios
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Chess.com’s new project is a poker site.

Gambit offers similar features for playing and learning poker online, like bot matches, live play, and tournaments, but without any real gambling. Like Chess.com, it also has an “Elo-style rating system.”

A screenshot from the poker site Gambit
Image: Gambit
2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
Suno is trying to look more like a real music production toolSuno is trying to look more like a real music production tool
I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human

Higgsfield is using Cully Hill Boys to show you how to prompt up your own movie.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first timeWolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time
Nintendo’s next Fire Emblem has a bold new structureNintendo’s next Fire Emblem has a bold new structure
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Ted Lasso could be going to extra time.

Season 4 just started streaming, but Apple’s Eddy Cue is already talking about a potential season 5 renewal. “It’s certainly good enough for that,” he told Deadline. “So I think there’s plenty of stories to go on.” Of course, it’s no surprise that Apple would want to extend a hit show for as long as it can.

Ted Lasso returns at an important time for Apple TV

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Scavengers Reign is heading back to Adult Swim.

The surreal sci-fi show will be airing on Toonami on September 5th, a few years after a detour on Netflix. Sadly, there’s still no word on if a second season is ever happening.

Max’s Scavengers Reign captures the beauty and terror of a truly alien world

Andrew Webster
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Yikes.

After denying replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPT following a claim from a former lead writer, Stella Sacco, Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch said this to This Week in Videogames:

As far as Stella is concerned, she was replaced by someone more talented and terminated for a variety of reasons a few months later. From what I can gather she enjoys controversy even more than I do. I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI. At least we would be dealing with someone programmed to be honest.

There’s more in the full article. Sacco: “Everything I said was true.”

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