All articles by Kurt Robson

Kurt Robson

Senior reporter at Verdict.

Grand Theft Auto maker Take-Two cuts workforce by five percent

Rockstar and parent company Take-Two have been focused on the development of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6.

France’s Mistral AI seeks funding at $5bn valuation

Microsoft’s $16m investment in the startup raised concern among EU lawmakers in February.

Fortnite voice reporting: where is the balance between online child safety and privacy?

Fortnite’s voice reporting feature aims to protect players from hate speech and inappropriate behaviour but is it an invasion of privacy?

Intel to launch low end AI chips in China to comply with US export rules

Nvidia also has plans to release three reduced capability chips for the Chinese market.

Rivos AI chip startup raises over $250m following Apple lawsuit

The startup releases its first product to market as its latest funding round is announced.

DeepMind CEO claims Google’s AI spend will surpass $100bn

Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 before it was acquired by Google in 2014.

Baidu claims its ChatGPT-rival Ernie bot has over 200 million users

Chinese companies must seek government approval before releasing GenAI products which is said to have impeded Chinese GenAI commercialisation.

Adobe unveils GenAI features to advance video editing possibilities

The company’s new video AI model joins Adobe’s family of Firefly AI models. 

Meta plans to bring VR headsets and the metaverse into classrooms

Meta’s planned move into the education sector is said to be the company’s latest attempt at resuscitating its metaverse business.

SAG-AFTRA union secures AI music protections in new deal

Under the new agreement, terms such as ‘artist’, ‘singer’, and ‘royalty artist’ can only be used for humans.