The best of The Game Awards and the redemption of Geoff Keighley | The DeanBeat
Source: Venture Beat Geoff Keighley redeemed himself with his tenth anniversary show for The Game Awards. Read Full Article
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Esports World Cup Foundation offers $20M in partner club expansion
Source: Venture Beat The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) announced this week that it is expanding its Club Partner Program, its initiative to support the esports club ecosystem around the world. The program is expanding to 40 clubs, up 10 from its previous number, and has a $20 million investment to put towards this expansion….
Cohere’s smallest, fastest R-series model excels at RAG, reasoning in 23 languages
Source: Venture Beat Cohere’s Command R7B uses RAG, features a context length of 128K, supports 23 languages and outperforms Gemma, Llama and Ministral. Read Full Article
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups
Source: Venture Beat Projects in ChatGPT allows users to create folders and add conversations and documents, bringing these capabilities together in one place. Read Full Article
Shutterstock pioneers ‘research license’ model with Lightricks, lowering barriers to AI training data
Source: Venture Beat Shutterstock launches innovative “research license” model with Lightricks, making ethical AI training data more accessible for startups while ensuring fair compensation for creators. Read Full Article
NotebookLM updates Business to Plus with more audio, lets all users interact with AI hosts
Source: Venture Beat Google releases a new paid version of NotebookLM to enterprises, teams and power users, and offers new interactions with its audio feature. Read Full Article
Goodville introduces AI mental health resource as part of WHO partnership
Source: Venture Beat Mobile farming sim Goodville is celebrating the third year of its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), and as part of this collaboration, it’s introduced new resources and therapeutic advice for mental health. The biggest addition is Sara, an AI-powered in-game assistant who offers resources and information about mental health based…
Pika 2.0 launches in wake of Sora, integrating your own characters, objects, scenes in new AI videos
Source: Venture Beat Advanced image recognition tech ensures these components are seamlessly integrated into AI generated videos, giving creators more control. Read Full Article
EA teams with Comcast and Peacock on EA Sports FC games
Source: Venture Beat Electronic Arts, Comcast and Peacock announced a new partnership to coincide with the launch of EA Sports FC 25 and first anniversary of EA Sports FC Mobile. Read Full Article
Gemini 2.0 Flash ushers in a new era of real-time multimodal AI
Source: Venture Beat ANALYSIS: Google’s release of Gemini 2.0 Flash this week, offering users a way to interact live with video of their surroundings, has set the stage for what could be a pivotal shift in how enterprises and consumers engage with technology. This release — alongside announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft, and others — is…