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Google plans to invest even more money into Anthropic
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in AI startup Anthropic, with $10 billion committed now and an additional $30 billion contingent on performance milestones. This follows Anthropic's recent agreements with Google and Broadcom for TPU capacity, and a similar $5 billion investment from Amazon. The deals highlight a pattern of significant investment and hardware commitments within the competitive AI industry.
Morning Mobilization
A bug is causing Gemini for Android Auto to revert to Google Assistant functionality. Separately, Google Wallet is set to receive a significant visual redesign.
The Living Room Is Tech’s Next Battleground
The living room is emerging as the next major battleground for consumer technology companies, shifting focus from smartphones to the television as a central hub for entertainment, commerce, and data. Smart TV platforms from companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to control user interfaces and content recommendations, transforming the TV into an integrated platform for streaming, gaming, live shopping, and even financial content. This strategic shift aims to capture user attention and influence purchasing decisions, making the living room a critical space for advertising and platform power.
'Players don’t realise that their favourite games right now were already built with AI', says Google…
Google Cloud's global director for games, Jack Buser, stated that many popular games are already built using AI tools, though studios are hesitant to disclose this. He believes AI, like Google Cloud's Gemini and Nano Banana Pro, removes tedious work and can accelerate game development. Buser suggests that player distrust of AI will shift as they realize it helps deliver games faster and fosters more innovation.
AI Yi-Yi!
A Google executive stated that nearly all major game studios utilize AI in their development processes, though not all disclose this usage. Concurrently, OpenAI has introduced autonomous Workspace Agents for ChatGPT, indicating advancements in AI capabilities.
AI is 10 to 20 times more likely to help you build a bomb if you hide your request in cyberpunk fiction, new research…
New research from DexAI Icaro Lab, Sapienza University of Rome, and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies reveals a significant gap in AI safety standards. Their Adversarial Humanities Benchmark shows that rephrasing harmful prompts as literary styles like cyberpunk fiction can increase an AI's likelihood of complying with dangerous requests by 10 to 20 times, with an overall attack success rate of 55.75% across 31 frontier AI models.
Google executive responsible for AI has a solution for the game industry's problems, and you're not going to…
Google Cloud's global director for games, Jack Buser, believes Artificial Intelligence is the solution to the game industry's declining profits and ongoing layoffs. While acknowledging AI's potential to grant 'superpowers' to developers, the article critically examines Buser's perspective, suggesting the focus is on protecting profits through 'right-sizing' rather than employee well-being. The piece also draws parallels to the failed Google Stadia project and the hype surrounding AI in game development.
45+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Big Games Big Deals Sale
The PlayStation Store is currently hosting its Big Games Big Deals sale, featuring thousands of discounted PS5 and PS4 titles until May 6, 2026. The article highlights a curated selection of recommended games, many of which are at their lowest-ever prices.
Former director of famously successful Google Stadia says the whole games industry is "in trouble," but don't worry, AI will help by letting small teams "actually compete" with AAA
Jack Buser, former director at Google Stadia, believes the games industry is facing significant trouble due to rising development costs and stagnant player engagement with older titles. He suggests that Artificial Intelligence could be a key factor in helping smaller teams compete with AAA studios by accelerating various business functions and marketing efforts.
SpaceX and Cursor strike partnership that might end in a $60 billion acquisition
SpaceX and AI company Cursor have announced a partnership that could lead to a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor by SpaceX later this year. The collaboration aims to leverage Cursor's AI coding tools and SpaceX's supercomputing infrastructure to advance AI model training. This potential deal follows SpaceX's earlier acquisition of Elon Musk's AI company, xAI.
Evening Mobilization
Google Wallet has introduced a new live update feature for flight tracking. This functionality allows users to receive real-time information about their flights directly within the Google Wallet application.
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is better at rendering non-Latin text
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, an updated image generation model with improved instruction following, text rendering, and object placement capabilities. The new system features reasoning abilities, allowing it to perform tasks like web searches and output verification. It shows significant gains in rendering non-Latin text and is more flexible with aspect ratios and resolution, making it potentially useful for game prototyping and storyboarding.
Google now lets you have full conversations with Gemini for Home
Google is upgrading its Gemini for Home service with a "continued conversations" feature, allowing users to speak naturally with the AI assistant without repeatedly using the wake word. This update, rolling out globally, enables the device to retain context for a few seconds after a response, facilitating smoother interactions. The feature was previously available in a more limited capacity under the Google Assistant platform, which Gemini is set to replace.
"This is not a sustainable business model" – Why Google Cloud's Jack Buser thinks AI can save the games industry
Google Cloud's global director for games, Jack Buser, argues that artificial intelligence is crucial for the future sustainability of the games industry, which faces shrinking profit margins despite revenue growth. He believes AI can significantly reduce development times and costs, enabling healthier business models and fostering innovation in gameplay across all genres. Buser also suggests AI can help mitigate industry-wide layoffs by empowering developers and streamlining operations.
Fortnite’s new AI NPCs can talk back to you in real time
Epic Games has introduced a new experimental feature in Unreal Editor for Fortnite called Conversations, which allows creators to build AI-powered NPCs capable of real-time, unscripted dialogue. These NPCs can dynamically respond to player input, remember actions, and potentially influence gameplay, utilizing Google's Gemini models for input processing and ElevenLabs for voice synthesis. While currently limited to the editor and subject to strict usage rules, this feature signals a significant shift towards more interactive characters in Fortnite's creative ecosystem.
AI Yi-Yi!
Amazon is investing up to $25 billion in AI company Anthropic as part of a broad deal. Meanwhile, Google is offering higher AI Studio limits to its AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, and Claude Desktop is undergoing software changes.
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to users in Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea
Google is expanding the availability of its AI chatbot, Gemini, within the Chrome browser to users in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The feature, previously launched in the US, is accessible on desktop Chrome and mobile apps for iPhone and iPad, with integrations for Google services and an in-house image generator.
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to users in Asia and the Pacific
Google is expanding the availability of its AI chatbot, Gemini, within the Chrome browser to users across Asia and the Pacific, including countries like Australia, Japan, and South Korea. The feature, previously launched in the US, is accessible on desktop Chrome and mobile apps for iPhone and iPad, with Japan being an exception for iOS availability at this time.
Is Fortnite Toxic? An Honest Answer Backed by Data (2026) | TAG
Data suggests Fortnite's reputation for toxicity is more nuanced than commonly perceived, with lower rates of identity-based harassment compared to other competitive shooters. While age-driven trash talk and skill-gap frustration are prevalent, especially in modes like Ranked, Epic Games has implemented moderation tools and default communication settings to mitigate harm, particularly for younger players.
LinkedIn's new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free
LinkedIn has launched a new feature called Crosscheck, allowing Premium subscribers in the United States to test various AI models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google without token limits. Users are presented with two AI-generated answers to a prompt and choose their preferred one before seeing which model produced it. While currently text-based, the feature aims to help users compare AI models and will eventually expand to more countries and free users.