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YouTube lays out new rules for ‘realistic’ AI-generated videos

Many companies and platforms are wrangling with how to handle AI-generated content as it becomes more prevalent. One key concern for many is the to make it clear that an AI model whipped up a photo, video or piece of audio. To that end, has for labeling videos made with artificial intelligence.Starting today, the platform will require anyone uploading a realistic-looking video that "is made with altered or synthetic media, including " to label it for the sake of transparency. YouTube defines realistic content as…

NFT fantasy sport startup Sorare lays off 13%, as web3 gaming sputters

Sorare is not completely shuttering its New York office but is shifting more employees to Paris Web3-enabled fantasy sports platform Sorare laid off 22 employees based in its New York office in February. The move comes as the startup wants certain teams to be concentrated at the company’s Paris headquarters to improve communication and efficiency, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. “As we plan for our next stage of growth, Sorare has made the decision to centralize…

EA lays off 5% of its developers in move away from licensed games

EA / EA EA announced that it will lay off 5% of its workforce by the end of March as part of an initiative that will also see it move away from making a lot of externally licensed games in the future. “We are also sunsetting games and moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry. This greater focus allows us to drive creativity, accelerate innovation, and double down on our biggest opportunities — including our owned IP, sports, and massive…

PlayStation lays off 900 people and shuts down London Studio

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony is the latest company in the video game industry to announce massive layoffs in 2024. We’ve learned that Sony Interactive Entertainment is letting go of about 900 people across several studios; PlayStation’s London Studio will shut down as a result. In a blog post, soon-to-depart Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan says these cuts amount to about 8% of PlayStation’s workforce. “Through discussions over the past few months about the evolving economic landscape,…

Narrative studio Deck Nine Games lays off 20% of its staff

As if the gaming industry wasn’t going through enough already, one of the studios behind the beloved Life Is Strange series, Deck Nine Games, issued today’s latest round of layoffs. The studio’s announcement was issued on the heels of others today, like PlayStation, and yesterday with developer Supermassive. According to an announcement from Deck Nine Games’ official Twitter, 20 percent of their staff were let go due to the “worsening market conditions.” This isn’t the first time the studio has gone through something…

Google releases new open LLMs, Rivian lays off staff and Signal rolls out usernames

Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, Google launched two new open large language models, Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B, in its continued bid for generative AI dominance. The company, which describes the LLMs as “inspired by Gemini,” its flagship family of GenAI models, made each available for commercial and research usage. Elsewhere, embattled database company MariaDB revealed that it could be taken…

Dish Network lays off 53 more workers; top executive resigns

Dish Network LLC, the satellite television and wireless service provider, informed the state on Tuesday that it will cut another 53 jobs, bringing the tally of workers let go since November to 718. The Douglas County-based company, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., also announced that Mike Kelly, the executive overseeing retail wireless strategy, has resigned and will depart at the end of the month. “We appreciate his hard work and commitment to our business. While we conduct a search for his successor, Hamid Akhavan,…

Mozilla lays off 60 employees, and here is the reason – India TV

Image Source : MOZILLA Mozilla lays off 60 employees, and here is the reason Mozilla, the developer of Firefox browser are reportedly laying off 60 employees from the team, as the company plans to scale back its investment in several products. Mozilla said in a memo that it will focus on bringing “trustworthy AI into Firefox” and to do so, it will bring together…

The gloves are off as The Zuck lays into Apple’s Vision Pro

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg took to Instagram on Tuesday to knock Apple’s new Vision Pro headset while singing the praises of his own company’s Quest 3 alternative. In a video lasting 3 minutes and 40 seconds and shot entirely on the Quest 3, The Zuck only had two positive things to say about the Vision Pro, praising its higher screen resolution and its “really nice” eye-tracking. For the rest of it, he lauds Meta’s Quest 3 headset while at the same time tearing into Apple’s competing device, which launched earlier…

Instacart Lays Off 7% of Staff Amid Rising Competition and Food Costs

Grocery-delivery company’s revenue rose and profit fell last quarter. Grocery-delivery company’s revenue rose and profit fell last quarter. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials,…