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Pocketpair, the developer of Palworld, has publicly rejected generative AI in game development, with Head of Publishing John Buckley stating 'Gamers don't want it.' The studio faces legal action from Nintendo over allege…
Figma CEO Dylan Field told The New York Times' "Hard Fork" podcast that AI-generated design produces average outputs and humans remain essential for creating novel work, as the company releases AI "vibe design" tools for…
A blogger announces a return to personal writing in 2026, arguing that human-produced text is essential to prevent AI model collapse as the internet becomes saturated with bot-generated content. The author frames bloggin…
StoryLab launches an AI-powered brand positioning platform that analyzes business concepts across six cognitive dimensions—psychology, cognition, market intelligence, narrative, risk, and execution—to deliver comprehensi…
Figma CEO Dylan Field said creative professionals should not fear AI-generated design, arguing that AI produces average work while humans can create something fundamentally new. He made the remarks at a San Francisco eve…
Norway will ban generative AI tools in elementary schools starting in late August, with students in grades 1 through 7 prohibited from using AI at all and secondary schools allowing it only under supervision. Prime Minis…
Norway will ban generative AI for elementary school students aged 6-13 starting in late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced. Students aged 14-16 may use AI only under teacher supervision, while older studen…
A blogger shares their favorite talks from re:publica 26, a German conference on internet topics, digital rights, and media culture. The talks cover AI agents, counter-power against far-right polling, AI-generated right-…
BCG reports that agentic AI is shifting organizational transformation from centralized programs to team-led workflow redesign, with only 16% of Australian executives achieving significant value from GenAI despite 70% ado…
An AI-generated album featuring the late Twin Cities rapper Eyedea, born Michael Larsen, has been released using thousands of pages of his handwritten lyrics and old recordings. The project, assembled by longtime friend …
Canada has banned sophisticated deepfakes of political figures under Bill C-25, which amends the Canada Elections Act to prohibit creating or distributing AI-generated imitations likely to mislead voters. The law targets…
Norway will ban generative AI use for elementary school students from first through seventh grade starting late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced. The policy restricts AI for teens aged 14-16 to supervis…
Generative AI coding assistants are making programming language popularity less relevant, as tools like Claude Code can work with older languages like Perl if sufficient documentation exists. The author's experience with…
Google's Gemini API now supports streaming text-to-speech, enabling developers to reduce latency in AI voice applications by generating audio from text chunks before the full response is complete. This approach improves …
Cory Doctorow argues that the AI boom is driven by bosses' desire to replace workers, not by genuine progress, and warns that the technology's hype masks power dynamics that harm users. In a podcast interview, he expands…
A designer tested six AI tools with the same brief and found they all produced nearly identical, generic UI screens, which the author calls 'slop.' The author argues that AI tools invent design systems on the fly, leadin…
Former Take-Two and Zynga AI lead Dr. Luke Dicken warned that generative AI hype risks backlash, saying it is 'poisoning the well.' Take-Two retired its AI group earlier in 2026 amid restructuring, while Dicken urged att…
A user describes using Codex as a personal agent to automate tasks across Gmail, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Google Drive, and other tools, enabling workflows like drafting emails and updating records with minimal manu…
Palworld publishing lead John 'Bucky' Buckley stated that the developers avoid using generative AI because gamers do not want it, calling the matter a closed conversation. In an interview with GamesRadar+, Buckley argued…
A developer introduced Cronos (Version 2.0), a framework for human-validated vibe coding and agentic software engineering. The methodology, tested over three months, delivered nearly 4x productivity gains by organizing d…