Modulate: how AI-assisted voice moderation tools can help combat toxicity

The game industry has suffered yet another round of layoffs, as Ubisoft confirms that it has cut 124 employees worldwide as part of an ongoing restructuring effort. The bulk of that number, 98 in total, were let go from Ubisoft's business administrative services and IT in Canada, as well as the Hybride VFX studio in Montreal.

Xbox has teamed up with Inworld AI, in a partnership which the companies hope will allow them to create an “accessible, responsibly designed multi-platform AI toolset” to help developers with quest design, story and dialogue, as well as an “AI character runtime engine” to make NPCs more realistic.

Ubisoft has teamed up with mental health charity Safe In Our World to create the Good Game Playbook, a guide which aims to offer support to players experiencing toxic behavior online, as well as those behind it. 

In , the Dwarves will find that they need to repair their gear — such as weapons, tools, and armor, in order to keep using it. Players can find what they need to repair their equipment around Moria without much trouble if they know what to look for. This will allow them to keep all of their favorite gear for the duration of the game, for a slight cost and very little inconvenience.

Is this the first look at the successor to the Switch console?

As we get ready to enter the weekend, let us take a moment to go over all the major artificial intelligence-related developments today, October 27. In the first incident, notable experts in the field of technology in India have been named to a new global advisory body. The UN body was announced by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. In other news, imaging data software provider Quibim has come together with Philips to launch AI-powered imaging and reporting solutions for MR prostate examinations. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

If Todd Howard up and left Bethesda, it would "leave a big hole," says Skyrim's lead designer, insisting that the Starfield director has "an attribute that none of the rest of us did."

Generative artificial intelligence has become a major discussion point in 2023, but we generally hear about its consumer-focused or business-focused applications. However, generative AI is not just limited to this space as it has made a strong impact in academics and research fields as well. A new report has highlighted that a group of researchers have developed an AI tool that can potentially predict deadly viruses before they can appear. This model can be crucial in predicting COVID-19-like pandemic situations ahead of time, and enable governments and the healthcare industry to be better prepared.

One of mobile’s best gaming classics has just completely vanished from Google Play. That’s bad enough, but even worse is the fact that you can no longer play it at all – even if you bought it before it was delisted.

Nvidia Corp. and a Google venture fund have joined a seed round of funding for a startup that helps developers squeeze more computing power out of specialized processors used to train AI, potentially alleviating a major logjam for the burgeoning field.

Fishing in Stardew Valley is a bit of a palate cleanser. After all that growing, watering, and sowing, you get to stand still, cast your line, and wait for the fish to reel in. However, it’s not super obvious where each fish type can be caught in the game.

Stardew Valley’s waters are full of cute fishies that are yours to catch as long as a set of conditions are met. Not all fish swim in the same waters, during the same seasons, or at the same time of the day.