François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. The startup, Ndea, will consist of an AI research and science lab. It’s looking to “develop and operationalize” AGI. AGI, which stands for “artificial general intelligence,” typically refers to AI that can perform any […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, thinks owners of electric vehicles should pay to use roads. “How to do that, I think, is a little more challenging,” Duffy said at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee.  The former Republican lawmaker is correct that it would […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week was something of a swan song for the Biden administration. On Monday, the White House announced sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips — restrictions that tech giants, including Nvidia, loudly criticized. (Nvidia’s business […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the Catholic priest and fascist collaborator Father Vincent gets on your radar almost as soon as you land in Vatican City. It can be a while before you meet him face to face, but before that point, you may get the chance to help yourself to some of his most closely-guarded…Read more...
To kick off the new year, Sony has revealed a impressive list of games coming to its large PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. God Of War Ragnarök, a Yakuza spin-off, and Indiana Jones are just some of the games coming soon. But don’t get too excited about that last one, as its not last year’s fantastic Great Circle. Read more...
Fortune’s Run is a sci-fi immersive sim about surviving the industrial wreckage of Earth after humanity has escaped to the stars. The shooter RPG blew some critics away when they tried the demo back in 2023. Now the early access game’s future has been plunged into uncertainty after its developer revealed she’s going…Read more...
Oh boy. Sony has revealed the full line-up of PlayStation Plus Games Catalog additions for January 2025, which includes God of War Ragnarok, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and more.Announced on the PlayStation Blog, a total of 11 games are joining the library, nine …
Over 100 developers of Candy Crush at King's Stockholm office formed a union club last October. In early 2024, Activision Blizzard under its new owner Microsoft sent an email around to employees at its Stockholm office letting them know that one of their most popular company benefits was going away. And in doing so, the company inadvertently sparked a union effort.IGN has learned that last fall, …
Critical success. Baldur's Gate 3 players have now downloaded more than 100 million mods since developer Larian Studios released its official modding toolkit with Patch 7.Similar to how it shared the Withers "Bone Daddy" mod to celebrate hitting 50 million mod downloads, Larian has once again relied upon the helpful …
The Invisible Man director's latest spin on a Universal Monster prioritizes craft over story. There’s a shot in Wolf Man that’s so good, it’s used twice. A parent and child – first father and son, then mother and daughter – are hiding in a hunter’s deer blind in the damp Oregon woods, cowering from an unseen threat. We hear that threat growling and panting …