AMD goes all-in on AI with calculated acquisitions, but Nvidia will remain king for the foreseeable future

AMD is aggressively acquiring talent to bridge the Instinct and Blackwell GPU performance gap Brium’s compiler expertise could help AMD accelerate inference without hardware-specific dependencies Untether AI’s team joins AMD, but existing customers are left without product support AMD’s recent moves in the AI sector have centered around strategic acquisitions aimed at strengthening its position…

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Electronic tattoo gauges mental strain

Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. Published May 29 in the Cell Press journal Device, the study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear. This technology may help track the mental workload of workers like air traffic…

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Generative AI in Games Will Create a Copyright Crisis

Historically, claims of ownership to in-game creations or user-generated creations (IGCs or UGCs) have been rendered moot by “take it or leave it” end-user license agreements—the dreaded EULAs that nobody reads. Generally, this means players surrender any ownership of their creations by switching on the game. (Minecraft is a rare exception here. Its EULA has…

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