entertainment – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 30 Mar 2024 11:28:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 PS5 owners lose access to hundreds of games as digital purchases wiped from their accounts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts#respond Sat, 30 Mar 2024 11:28:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts

Problems with the future of gaming.


A strange bug is removing people’s games on PlayStation 4 and 5, and Vita, and Sony doesn’t have a fix.

It wasn’t long ago that PlayStation sparked fan outrage when it said it would remove Discovery video content from people’s libraries, even though they had paid for it.

PlayStation later backtracked, but a similar, unintentional, issue has now come up: a random bug that’s wiping digital games from people’s libraries.

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Universal brain-computer interface lets people play games with just their thoughts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/universal-brain-computer-interface-lets-people-play-games-with-just-their-thoughts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/universal-brain-computer-interface-lets-people-play-games-with-just-their-thoughts#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 19:22:53 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/universal-brain-computer-interface-lets-people-play-games-with-just-their-thoughts

Imagine playing a racing game like Mario Kart, using only your brain to execute the complex series of turns in a lap.

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OpenAi Sora Short Film First Impression https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-sora-short-film-first-impression https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-sora-short-film-first-impression#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:26:59 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-sora-short-film-first-impression

@OpenAI #sora #sorai #openai #openaisora

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Scientists make breakthrough in preventing OLED burn-in https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-preventing-oled-burn-in https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-preventing-oled-burn-in#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:31:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-preventing-oled-burn-in

OLED panels have been around for quite some time, but now we are starting to see them come to gaming monitors, raising concerns about burn-in issues.

OLED pixel technology has been used in smartphones and TVs for many years now, and with each iteration of the technology, improvements are being made to the quality of the panel, particularly with the reduction of known problems. But now we are starting to see the gaming industry be blessed with gorgeous QD-OLED panels, and the brands behind these new gaming monitors are rolling out features such as MSI’s OLED Care technology to reduce the chances of debilitating issues such as burn-in.

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Acclaimed Movie Secretly Contained AI Generated Imagery https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/acclaimed-movie-secretly-contained-ai-generated-imagery https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/acclaimed-movie-secretly-contained-ai-generated-imagery#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:25:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/acclaimed-movie-secretly-contained-ai-generated-imagery

A movie released to critical acclaim has now been met with intense backlash after fans discovered it included AI-generated images.

Written and directed by siblings Cameron and Colin Cairnes, “Late Night With the Devil,” is a horror movie starring David Dastmalchian as a 70s talk show host. Through found footage, it shows a once “lost” live TV broadcast on Halloween, in which the evening’s guest, a young girl, claims to be demonically possessed.

Critics and audiences alike have raved about the movie since it premiered at the SXSW film festival — but that goodwill proved to be short-lived. In a scathing and now viral review shared on Letterboxd, a user called out the movie for having AI “all over” certain sequences, garnering thousands of likes and inciting tons of fiery discourse on other social media platforms.

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OpenAI Let Directors Make Short Films With Sora and the Results Are Wild https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-let-directors-make-short-films-with-sora-and-the-results-are-wild https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-let-directors-make-short-films-with-sora-and-the-results-are-wild#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:25:39 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/openai-let-directors-make-short-films-with-sora-and-the-results-are-wild

OpenAI has given a number of directors, production companies, and creative agencies early access to its Sora text-to-video generator — and the results range from astonishing to downright terrifying.

Toronto-based multimedia production company Shy Kids used the next-generation generative AI tool to come up with a whimsical short film about “Air Head,” a man who has a balloon instead of a head.

The short film is an impressive example of the tech’s capabilities, showing off Sora’s striking ability to generate relatively believable and photorealistic video footage in response to a text prompt.

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Nvidia CEO: Soon There’ll Be Games Where AI Generates “Every Pixel” https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/nvidia-ceo-soon-therell-be-games-where-ai-generates-every-pixel https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/nvidia-ceo-soon-therell-be-games-where-ai-generates-every-pixel#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:22:25 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/nvidia-ceo-soon-therell-be-games-where-ai-generates-every-pixel

The use of artificial intelligence in the development of video games has been met with both excitement and dread.

According to a recent industry report by game engine developer Unity, studios are already using AI to save time and boost productivity by whipping up assets and code.

But given enough time, the video games of the future could soon be entirely created with the use of AI — maybe even within just ten years, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the man behind a company that’s greatly benefitting from selling thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs) to some of the biggest players in the AI industry.

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RTX off, AI on: Jensen says we’ll see fully AI-generated games in 5–10 years https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/rtx-off-ai-on-jensen-says-well-see-fully-ai-generated-games-in-5-10-years https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/rtx-off-ai-on-jensen-says-well-see-fully-ai-generated-games-in-5-10-years#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:23:08 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/rtx-off-ai-on-jensen-says-well-see-fully-ai-generated-games-in-5-10-years

GPU inception, with graphics cores processing AI workloads to generate graphics again.

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Streaming Into The Future: How AI Is Reshaping Entertainment https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/streaming-into-the-future-how-ai-is-reshaping-entertainment https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/streaming-into-the-future-how-ai-is-reshaping-entertainment#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:24:47 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/streaming-into-the-future-how-ai-is-reshaping-entertainment

In the digital age, where entertainment is but a click away, a silent yet powerful transformation is underway. Streaming companies, the vanguards of this digital entertainment era, are not just delivering content; they’re crafting experiences, and artificial intelligence (AI) is their most adept tool. Let us explore how AI is not just changing, but revolutionizing the way we consume media.

Gone are the days of aimlessly browsing channels to find something to watch. AI in streaming services is like a discerning director, understanding and curating content to fit the unique tastes of each viewer. It’s an era where your streaming service knows what you want to watch, sometimes even before you do. The great power of AI is personalization, where organizations can create unique user journeys. At the core of AI’s integration into streaming is personalization. Netflix, the colossus of streaming, employs AI algorithms to recommend movies and shows based on your viewing history. However, generally, these recommendation engines based on historical presences have muted value. Traditional metrics leverage past viewing information or collaborative filtering to make content recommendations. However, customer feedback has shown these are imperfect fits in the age of data for precision product-market fit.

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Entanglion, a quantum computing board game developed by @IBMQuantum https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/entanglion-a-quantum-computing-board-game-developed-by-ibmquantum https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/entanglion-a-quantum-computing-board-game-developed-by-ibmquantum#respond Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:26:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/entanglion-a-quantum-computing-board-game-developed-by-ibmquantum

https://entanglion.github.io


Congratulations, your captain has retired and left you in charge of his galactic shipping business! Now it’s time to make some upgrades as you embark on a journey to reconstruct a quantum computer developed by an ancient race.

Entanglion is a cooperative board game designed for two players. Learn about quantum computing as you work together with your teammate to navigate the three galaxies of the quantum universe, avoid detection by the defense mechanisms left behind by the ancients, and rebuild the quantum computer.

Think you’re up for the challenge?

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