Tech
Fei-Fei Li Splits 'World Models' Into Three Functions
World Labs CEO Fei-Fei Li wants to clean up one of AI's messiest buzzwords, sorting every 'world model' into one of three jobs: rendering, simulating or planning.
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Gaming
IShowSpeed Lands FIFA World Cup YouTube Streaming Deal
IShowSpeed struck a deal with FIFA, Fox, and YouTube to stream live World Cup match feeds, including knockout rounds, the semifinals, and the final.
Tech
Karpathy's Software 2.0 Thesis Evolves Into Software 3.0
Andrej Karpathy updates his influential software framework, defining a new 'Software 3.0' era where AI automates anything humans can objectively verify.
Gaming
Valkyrae Signs With CAA as Creators Court Hollywood
Rachell 'Valkyrae' Hofstetter has joined CAA's Creators division, the latest sign that streaming's biggest names are pushing hard into mainstream entertainment.
Gaming
State Farm Arena Shuts Down Kai Cenat's Atlanta Auditions
Kai Cenat's in-person Streamer University auditions in downtown Atlanta were halted by State Farm Arena over safety concerns after thousands of creators flooded the area.
Tech
Torvalds Ships Linux 7.1 With New NTFS Driver, Big Cleanup
Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 7.1, headlined by a rewritten in-kernel NTFS driver, Intel FRED by default, and the removal of 140,000 lines of legacy code.
Tech
Yann LeCun Bets $1.03B Against the LLM Orthodoxy
After leaving Meta, AI pioneer Yann LeCun has raised $1.03 billion for AMI Labs on a contrarian wager: that large language models are the wrong road to real intelligence.
Tech
Pavel Durov Slams India's Telegram Ban Over Exam Leaks
Telegram founder Pavel Durov branded India's temporary ban of the app collective punishment of more than 150 million users over leaked medical-exam papers.
Tech
Pichai Tells Stanford Grads to Choose Optimism as Some Walk Out
Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged Stanford graduates to embrace optimism and persistence, even as a group of students walked out in protest of the company's government contracts.
Gaming
AuronPlay Readies Final 'Minecraft Extremo 3' Last Dance
AuronPlay has locked in the full roster for Minecraft Extremo 3, billed as the series' farewell 'last dance,' with the two-week event running June 22 to July 5.
Tech
Andreessen Defends Targeted AI Regulation, Slams Red Tape
Marc Andreessen drew a line between bureaucratic AI red tape and useful safety rules, arguing the right kind of regulation makes complex systems usable at scale.
Gaming
MrBeast Becomes First YouTuber to Hit 500M Subscribers
MrBeast livestreamed the moment he crossed 500 million YouTube subscribers on June 12, becoming the first creator ever to reach the milestone.