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WoW Classic is hyping up Mists of Pandaria’s zones prior to this month’s launch
- Blizzard is hyping up Mists of Pandaria Classic, one of WoW Classic's expansions, as if it's a new release even though the expansion was originally introduced in 2012.
- The seven main zones of Pandaria Classic offer rich storytelling, challenges, and exploration opportunities for players, regardless of their experience level in the game.
- The pre-patch for Pandaria Classic is live on standard WoW Classic realms, allowing players to experience Pandaren, the Monk class, talent revisions, and earn a free mount for retail, with the expansion officially launching on July 21st.
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Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules
- The European Union is introducing new AI rules that focus on copyright protections, transparency, and public safety, which will initially be voluntary for major AI companies before becoming mandatory in August 2026.
- Companies like Google, Meta, and OpenAI will be required to promise not to pirate materials for AI training and share detailed information about their training data, including disclosing data sources and energy consumption.
- The rules also require AI companies to respect paywalls and robots.txt instructions and provide guidance on safety measures, including monitoring for potential harms and reporting serious incidents within specific timelines.
- The new rules aim to address concerns about AI innovation and ensure transparency and compliance, with potential penalties for non-compliance including fines of up to 7% of a company’s annual sales.
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World of Warcraft offers a plethora of new videos ahead of the Ghosts of K’aresh patch
- World of Warcraft is gearing up for the release of patch 11.2, Ghosts of K’aresh, with new videos to keep fans engaged.
- Blizzard has released four new videos, including three audio readings of fiction by Ray Porter, the voice of Locus-Weaver, narrating a story about the fall of K’aresh, the patch's namesake.
- In addition to the audio stories, there is a teaser trailer featuring Alleria and hinting at the upcoming confrontations in the patch.
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Apple’s AI Mastermind Just Defected to Meta and It’s a $31 Billion Wake Up Call
- Ruoming Pang, the mastermind behind Apple's AI core LLM stack, has left for Meta, a move signaling a significant blow to Apple's AI dream.
- Meta, reportedly offering Pang tens of millions per year, has been strategically poaching top AI talents, including individuals from OpenAI and Anthropic, forming a formidable AI superteam.
- Apple, known for its 'privacy-first' AI strategy, which emphasizes user data privacy and on-device processing, has faced challenges in model performance and iteration speed, leading to key departures and talent losses to Meta.
- Meta's focus on on-device, low-latency AI aligns with Pang's expertise, potentially providing the blueprint for the next wave of wearable AI, highlighting a culture failure in Apple's strategic approach to AI development.
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The Ruoming Pang Paradox: Why Elite AI Talent Moves Mask a Deeper Global Disparity and Latin…
- The global AI talent 'war' heavily favors specific immigrant pipelines, particularly from Asia, neglecting the untapped potential of Latin American ecosystems.
- Latin American AI talent faces systemic barriers in fully participating in the global AI landscape, despite possessing significant tech talent, research capabilities, and innovation hubs.
- For AI to be a truly global force for good, there needs to be a re-evaluation of how talent is identified, nurtured, and integrated to build a more equitable global architecture for AI innovation.
- The future of AI should prioritize decentralizing opportunity, fostering unseen potential, and promoting a genuinely inclusive global talent pool for innovation.
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Is your chatbot judging you? How Big Tech is cracking down on 'preachy' AI.
- Big Tech companies like Google and Meta are training AI bots to avoid being judgemental.
- Chatbot responses are being monitored for preachy or nudge-like tones by human raters.
- AI being trained to maintain a friendly, non-lecturing approach to engage users better.
- Companies aim to balance guiding users and avoiding a bossy or biased AI image.
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Reid Hoffman says 'crazy' pay packages make sense for top AI talent
- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, defends the high pay packages for top AI talent, saying they make economic sense considering the potential impact of their work.
- Meta has been offering significant signing bonuses to attract top AI talent from competitors in a heated talent race.
- Hoffman acknowledges that the large pay packages may seem extravagant to the average person, but believes it is justified if the new hires can revolutionize industries.
- While critics like Sam Altman and Helen Toner question Meta's recruitment tactics and ability to retain talent, Hoffman sees the financial investments as rational for companies aiming for groundbreaking advancements in AI.
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Meta Offered Apple AI Executive Over $200 Million to Leave
- Meta offered over $200 million to Apple's AI executive Ruoming Pang to join their Superintelligence Labs.
- Pang led Apple's foundation models team, responsible for large language models used in Apple Intelligence features.
- Meta's offer to Pang included a substantial base salary, signing bonus, and a large stock award based on performance.
- Apple did not match Meta's offer; Zhifeng Chen now heads Apple's Foundation Models team.
- Meta's Superintelligence Labs includes other notable figures like Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.
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Testing ChatGPT to pick shares
- Debates about AI impacting jobs, industries, including financial services, are ongoing.
- AI shows potential to improve financial services efficiency but lacks human experience.
- AI's limitations include being reactive, not proactive, and risk of industry manipulation.
- ChatGPT advice on JSE stock portfolio showcased benefits but also included critical errors.
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Patch Notes 2.4
- Update 2.4 features gaming improvements, new events, and exclusive NFT collections with summer and beach vibes.
- Players can elevate their garden with five rare seasonal seeds like cucumber, mint, and melon for a limited time through boosters.
- Chainerverse introduces a transformed main page with vibrant colors, animations, and interactive elements like special windows and mini-games.
- The update also includes tech fixes, farm optimization, and teases a Chainerverse expansion with new areas and activities.
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Working As Intended: Read a book, any book, but preferably an MMO history book
- MMO historian emphasizes the importance of preserving MMORPG genre history.
- Discusses misconceptions, rewriting of MMO past, and changing definitions within the genre.
- Highlights issues with erasing MMO history, semantics, and genre evolution challenges.
- Urges gamers and developers to learn from MMORPG history to enhance genre potential.
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Call Of Duty: WW2 Pulled From Microsoft Store Just Days After Joining Game Pass Because Of Players Getting Hacked
- Call of Duty: WWII joined Game Pass on June 30 but had to be taken offline days later due to reports of players getting hacked and trolled with pop-up messages on their PCs.
- Players affected had their desktop backgrounds changed to lawyer Marc E. Mayer's face, who is representing Activision in a lawsuit against cheat makers, triggering concerns over hacking vulnerability.
- Reports indicated an unpatched remote code execution exploit in the Game Pass-included Microsoft Store version led to players being trolled with Notepad pop-ups, PC shutdowns, and explicit content.
- The issues primarily impacted PC players, with experts suggesting vulnerabilities may be related to COD: WWII's use of peer-to-peer matchmaking, prompting the game to be taken offline for investigation. Steam players were reportedly not affected as the vulnerability was specific to the Microsoft Store and Game Pass version.
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Threaded message replies are coming to WhatsApp for iPhone
- Meta is testing threaded message replies in WhatsApp for iPhone to enhance structured conversations, spotted by WEBetaInfo in the current WhatsApp for iOS beta.
- The feature is in a partially working state with a reply counter indicating threaded replies. Users can tap the counter to view the full thread and reply directly within it.
- The new feature allows for organized views of related messages within the thread ensuring continuity and grouping of messages together.
- Threaded replies help maintain natural flow in conversations by separating specific message responses from the main chat, making them ideal for group chats and discussions involving multiple topics.
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Apple & Meta Would Rather You Forgot About the 'Glasshole'
- META and Apple are launching smart glasses, venturing into face mounted technology.
- Despite technological advancements, public skepticism remains high due to privacy concerns and high costs of wearable tech.
- There are concerns about the potential misuse of smart glasses, such as streaming visual data to generate inappropriate content, with big tech's history of inadequate product safeguards highlighted.
- While smart glasses have practical uses, the tech industry is urged to prioritize accountability and trust in their designs rather than simply focusing on innovation and attention.
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Sam Altman rolled up to Sun Valley to some burning questions on Zuckerberg, Musk, and Trump
- Sam Altman attended the Sun Valley conference where he discussed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's poaching of OpenAI researchers, Elon Musk's America Party, and Trump administration's work on AI.
- Zuckerberg and Meta have been poaching AI talent from competitors like OpenAI, with talks of significant investments and hiring top research talent.
- Altman, while not directly involved in discussions with Zuckerberg about the poaching, noted that OpenAI focuses on a great mission, talented people, and building a strong research lab and company.
- Altman commented on Elon Musk's feud with Trump, mentioning Musk's tendency to fall out with various individuals and their deteriorating relationship since Musk's departure from OpenAI's board in 2018.
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