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A Star Wars Galaxies community server was allegedly hacked with AI assistance by a Reddit moderator harboring a primeval…
The Star Wars Galaxies Legends community server was allegedly hacked using AI tools by a Reddit moderator named levarrishawk. The hacker claims the action was motivated by a fourteen-year-old dispute over shared development tools. No player data was compromised, but custom game assets were reportedly decrypted and offered to other servers.
IREN’s AI Pivot Is Still Mostly a Bitcoin Business: 82% of FY2026 Revenue Came From Hashing
IREN's fiscal 2026 results show that 82% of its revenue still comes from Bitcoin mining, despite a significant pivot towards AI Cloud Services. The company wrote down $638.8 million in mining rigs to repurpose data centers for AI workloads, resulting in a $702.6 million net loss. While IREN aims for a $4 billion annualized run-rate revenue target by year-end, actual GAAP revenue is contingent on customer acceptance of deployed hardware and facilities.
xAI Sued Over Claims Grok Was Trained on Child Sexual Abuse Material
xAI is facing a new lawsuit alleging that its AI model, Grok, was trained on child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The complaint, filed by a plaintiff identified as Jane Doe, claims that CSAM depicting her as a child was used in Grok's training data, leading to the generation of new synthetic CSAM. Attorneys for the plaintiff state that xAI must be held responsible for knowingly using such material and that there is no "artificial intelligence exception" to child protection laws.
Federal Court: Pentagon’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Unconstitutional Retaliation
A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of AI lab Anthropic was unconstitutional retaliation, violating the First Amendment. The court found the "supply chain risk" designation illegal and arbitrary, stemming from Anthropic's refusal to enable mass surveillance or build lethal autonomous weapons.
Google Now Auto-Expands AI Overviews, Pushing Web Links Further Down the Page
Google has begun automatically expanding AI Overviews on its search results page, pushing organic links further down. This change, which is inconsistently applied, aims to increase user engagement with follow-up questions rather than direct link clicks. While Google claims this makes search more helpful, critics suggest it prioritizes the company's own AI content over web links.
Why China’s Carmakers Are Racing Into Humanoid Robots — Tesla’s Bet, Copied
Chinese automakers, facing declining car profit margins, are heavily investing in humanoid robots, mirroring Tesla's strategy. Xpeng's robotics arm recently secured significant funding, highlighting a broader trend across the sector with companies like BYD and Chery also developing humanoid robots. While hardware manufacturing is a strength for these companies, catching up to Tesla in AI development remains a key challenge.
After AI backlash, Assassin's Creed creator says 1666: Amsterdam "won't be using any AI anymore" and only used it "in conception and pre-production"
Patrice Désilets, the creator of Assassin's Creed, has clarified that his new game 1666: Amsterdam will no longer use AI after initial backlash. While AI was used in conception and pre-production, Désilets stated it has been entirely removed from the project. The game is now available in Early Access on PC.
Bullish Backs USD.AI With a $100 Million Credit Line for GPU-Secured Lending
Cryptocurrency platform Bullish has provided USD.AI with a $100 million debt facility to offer loans backed by graphics processing units (GPUs). This initiative aims to bridge the gap between on-chain capital and the financing needs of AI infrastructure development. The deal also involves listing USD.AI's sUSDai on trading pairs to create a secondary market for GPU-backed debt.
Microsoft-backed AI data center has been accused of violating federal law
A data center backed by Microsoft is facing accusations of violating federal law by allegedly operating numerous large generators without the necessary permits. The allegations suggest a failure to comply with regulatory requirements for its operations.
Saber Boss Reacts To The Death Of Physical Games And Rising Console Prices
Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits shared his thoughts on the decline of physical games and the rising cost of consoles. While acknowledging the convenience of digital titles and his personal shift away from physical media, Willits noted that Saber still profits from physical game sales, particularly in Europe. He also speculated about a future "AI box" for games and expressed concern over current console prices, suggesting it will be interesting to see how Sony and Microsoft navigate this trend with future hardware.
Saber Responds To AI Criticisms In Rideshare Game And Promises, “We Will Never Fire Someone And Replace Them With AI”
Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits addressed criticisms regarding the use of AI in their upcoming game, Rideshare Simulator, and stated that the company has never fired an employee to replace them with AI. While the main campaign's dialogue is human-written, a "free ride" mode will utilize generative AI for rapid updates referencing real-world events. Saber confirmed that other titles like Hellraiser and Turok do not use AI and emphasized their continued hiring practices, with their writing staff tripling since 2023.
"Somebody will make the Half-Life 2 of AI" - after the Rideshare controversy, Saber CCO says something will come along and "change people's minds" about gen-AI
Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits believes a groundbreaking game akin to "Half-Life 2 of AI" will emerge, changing public perception of generative AI in gaming. Despite recent controversy surrounding its use in "Rideshare Stimulator," Saber is experimenting with AI, with Willits emphasizing the need for innovation and the potential for AI to create new experiences, drawing parallels to the initial skepticism surrounding Steam.
Sparkpaw: The Stormstone Quest - An AI game teased for the Amiga 1200 by mrdig
Sparkpaw: The Stormstone Quest is an upcoming action-platformer for the Amiga 1200, developed primarily using AI by mrdig. Players control Sparkpaw, a feline inventor, navigating ruins with an energy gauntlet to find Stormstone Cores. The current alpha showcases the first level with running, jumping, and combat mechanics against various enemies and hazards.
X claims it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments
X has identified a bot farm composed of approximately 200,000 inauthentic accounts, with around 200 specifically targeting and posting negative sentiments against AI data centers. This discovery is part of a broader investigation into coordinated disinformation campaigns originating from China.
Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Bet on Hugging Face Arrives as the Closed Labs Drift Away
Nvidia is acquiring the open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a price significantly higher than its estimated $150 million annual revenue. This strategic move aims to bolster Nvidia's position in the AI market as major clients like OpenAI and Google develop their own custom silicon, potentially reducing their reliance on Nvidia's hardware. The acquisition is seen as a counterweight to the trend of closed AI labs, securing Nvidia's hardware dominance within the open-source AI community.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is “At Least 10 Years Ahead of the Industry” With NPCs, Says IOI’s AI Programmer
IO Interactive AI programmer Berkay Dursun stated that Grand Theft Auto 6's individual NPC simulation technology places Rockstar Games at least a decade ahead of the industry. Dursun clarified that the complex AI in GTA 6 differs significantly from the crowd systems in games like Hitman and Assassin's Creed, which lack true NPC intelligence. He also noted that Grand Theft Auto 6's NPC simulation surpasses that of Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord and IO Interactive's own 007 First Light.
Marvell Q2 FY27 earnings results beat revenue expectations, but miss EPS whisper number
Marvell Technology exceeded revenue expectations for Q2 FY27, reporting $2.74 billion in revenue, driven primarily by its $2.17 billion data center business. While the company beat analyst consensus for earnings-per-share (EPS), it fell short of the Earnings Whisper expectation. Despite a slight dip in after-hours trading, Marvell's strong performance in the booming AI and data center component market positions it well for future growth, with a forecast of $3.15 billion in revenue for Q3 FY27.
Nvidia clears the bar again — and points to a $108 billion quarter ahead
Nvidia has reported strong fiscal second-quarter results, exceeding analyst expectations with $96.2 billion in revenue and $2.22 earnings per share. The company provided guidance of $108 billion for the next quarter, surpassing the $103.9 billion analysts had predicted. Data center revenue, driven by AI infrastructure demand, accounted for approximately 92% of sales, with CEO Jensen Huang highlighting AI's inflection point and accelerating compute demand.
GTA 6's hand-crafted NPCs have over 600,000 animations compared to only 55,000 animations in GTA 5
Rockstar Games has revealed that Grand Theft Auto 6 features over 600,000 NPC animations, a significant increase from Grand Theft Auto 5's 55,000 and Red Dead Redemption 2's 300,000. This extensive animation work aims to create more unique and reactive non-player characters, with a dedicated office in Los Angeles focusing on their development to enhance world realism and immersion.
James Pond's creator is not happy with the series' allegedly AI-generated legacy collection
Chris Sorrell, the creator of the James Pond series, has expressed strong disapproval of the recently released legacy collection, alleging it was generated using artificial intelligence without proper respect for the original work. Sorrell stated that the developers involved lack respect for the franchise.