As part of Google I/O 2024, the company unveiled Veo, which uses typed in text prompts to create videos in a way that's similar to OpenAI's Sora AI video tool. It's currently in a private preview.
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As part of Google I/O 2024, the company announced some new AI features it is adding to its standard Search engine. They include AI Overviews, which will offer a summarized answer to search inquiries.
During the I/O 2024 conference, Google revealed what it calls Project Astra. It is an experimental project that's being developed as an AI assistant that uses video and audio to answer questions.
Netflix has confirmed that it will be making an update for its app for Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The biggest change is that the app will no longer support downloads of videos for offline viewing.
Games Workshop will stream the 2024 Warhammer Skulls event on May 23. This will reveal news and updates for current and upcoming video games in the Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 franchise.
Microsoft has announced it is making changes and improvements for its Teams channels, such as making it easier to create a channel, along with changes in retiring channels that are no longer needed.
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Microsoft has announced that GPT-4o, the latest AI large language model from OpenAI, is now available to access from its Azure OpenAI Service in a preview version with text and image support.
There have been some interesting statements, plus a trademark filing, that suggest a reveal of the next game in id Software's Doom first-person shooter series could happen at the Xbox Games Showcase.
Sony has announced that Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst will be the two CEOs of its Sony Interactive Entertainment business, which covers its PlayStation division, to replace former CEO Jim Ryan.
Members of Microsoft's Xbox Insider Program in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring can get a new update that will let them test out a way to get updates for some games before they become generally available.
During a recent private event, Google reportedly showed off a special version of its Chromium OS that was running, via a virtual machine, on one of its Android-based Pixel 8 smartphones.
The current version of the big 55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming PC monitor, with its support for four connected devices at once, has just hit a new low price of $1,799.99 at Amazon.
Square Enix has reportedly decided to lay off a number of team members in North America and Europe. It will also launch a new business plan that will involve launching AAA games for multiple platforms
OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT desktop app, but for the moment, it is only for people who own a Mac. A Windows version is in the works, but there's no word on when it will launch.
OpenAI has announced its latest AI large language model, ChatGPT-4o. This new model has the same intelligence as the standard ChatGPT-4 but will be available for everyone, including free users.