That’s two weeks from today! The game has new characters, new cards, and even a co-op mode. Can’t wait.
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Gemini 3.1 Pro is rolling out starting today in the Gemini app and NotebookLM. According to Google:
3.1 Pro is designed for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough, taking advanced reasoning and making it useful for your hardest challenges. This improved intelligence can help in practical applications — whether you’re looking for a clear, visual explanation of a complex topic, a way to synthesize data into a single view, or bringing a creative project to life.
Highguard’s website has been down for two days, and developer Wildlight Entertainment reportedly laid off most of its staff last week, but development on the game continues. Last night, Wildlight published notes about a new patch and detailed some changes coming to Highguard’s next patch, including a new raid-focused mode.
YouTube is starting to test its conversational AI tool with a “small group of users” on smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devices. The tool, first introduced in 2023, lets you ask questions about the videos you’re watching.
The FCC has an “enforcement action underway,” Carr said, according to Deadline. This week, Stephen Colbert said CBS banned him from airing his own interview with Talarico, a Democratic state representative from Texas who is running for the US Senate.
The US has been working on an online portal at “freedom.gov” that would let Europeans see content their governments have banned, Reuters reports. A planned launch last week was apparently delayed, and State Department officials have expressed concerns about the project.
Freedom.gov currently links to a Cloudflare Access page with the National Design Studio logo.
Meshcapade’s team will join Epic Games’ AI Research team and contribute to technologies for Unreal Engine and the hyperrealistic MetaHumans.
With the acquisition, Epic says it’s “looking forward to working together to advance digital human technologies for use across gaming, film and entertainment.”
Update: Added Epic statement.
[The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science]
Lockdown Mode is “not necessary” for most people and “tightly constrains how ChatGPT can interact with external systems to reduce the risk of prompt injection–based data exfiltration,” according to OpenAI.
