A Netease spokesperson has told Eurogamer that statements made by Suda 51 on its generative AI policy are not correct, and that the company continues to work with the technology. The spokesperson has also pointed to an upcoming GDC talk hosted by Netease covering generative AI.”The assertion that NetEase Games has closed an AI department…
An increasing number of people in the kingdom are using generative artificial intelligence to help choose which candidates or parties to vote for in the upcoming House of Representatives election. Although the technology has enabled voters to obtain information conveniently, caution is needed, as AI-generated answers may be incorrect, said experts. A 42-year-old man who…
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has addressed the use of Artificial Intelligence across the publisher’s studios, including Rockstar Games and the highly-anticipated GTA 6. The use of AI tools in the video game industry is only becoming more prevalent, and while some try to fight it, others are plodding along without hesitation. The latest Call…
With almost every major games publisher and parent company talking excitedly about generative AI and the opportunities it could bring, I was taken aback this morning to see talk on my social media feed about NetEase reportedly scrapping a division dedicated to gen-AI and telling employees they were no longer allowed to use it. Unconventional,…
Image: Amazon Amazon is making its generative AI-powered Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S., nearly a year after the revamped service first launched in a limited early-access preview. The broader rollout, announced today (Feb. 4), marks a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models, as…
Global data center investment in 2025 has begun to shift decisively, driven by the rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence and the growing computational demands of large-scale model training. Spending is moving away from conventional,…
TL;DR: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 has not used generative AI in its development at all, emphasizing the game’s handcrafted world design, and that this is what differentiates GTA 6. Procedural generation is not involved, and shouldn’t be, Zelnick said, observing: “That’s what makes great entertainment.” The CEO of Take-Two…
It sounds as though Blizzard is open to exploring generative AI during the development of its games. Answering a question I asked during an Overwatch press conference at Blizzard campus last week, Blizzard president Johanna Faries said: “I like when we are dev-led in our approach. We want our dev teams to be able to…
Anthropic’s new AI coding tools have rattled markets this week, amid fears the start-up is upending traditional software development in ways that will disrupt sectors from publishing and advertising to law. The San Francisco-based start-up has unveiled a set of tools that allow users to generate, deploy and automate software using generative AI, sharply reducing…
EyeEm Mobile GmbH/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Demand for AI skills skyrocketed in 2025, according to Upwork. AI is reshaping jobs more than it is replacing them. Employers could soon place a higher premium on freelancers. The proliferation of advanced AI tools…
