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Month: September 2024

Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interaction

AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting with generative AI to help build environments, assist game writers in crafting NPC dialogue and lend video games

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Un buque de reabastecimiento de la Armada de EE.UU. sufre daños durante una operación en Medio Oriente, según un funcionario

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un buque de reabastecimiento de la Armada de Estados Unidos sufrió daños mientras operaba en Medio Oriente en un incidente que sigue bajo investigación, según un funcionario de la Armada. El USNS Big Horn sufrió daños después de que el buque reabasteciera y abasteciera de combustible a los buques de la

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The leaders of Germany’s Greens are quitting after several election defeats

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany’s Greens, one of three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s troubled coalition government, say they will step down after the latest in a string of disappointing election results. The Greens’ support declined sharply in the European Parliament election in June. Voters ejected them from two state legislatures

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Pakistan brings arrested nurse before cameras to answer questions about her alleged bombing attempt

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have brought a nurse they said was arrested over the weekend before state-run media to answer questions about her alleged suicide bombing attempt. The government-organized interview on Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, was broadcast on national and local television channels. Balochistan has for years been the

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Harris is making a ‘capitalist’ pitch to boost the economy as Trump pushes deeper into populism

Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump ’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas. The Democratic nominee said in remarks at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh in battleground

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Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.” That’s according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal

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As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A’s comes to grips with their departure

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses. Now, legions of A’s fans view the team as the sport’s most treacherous under

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Asian Development Bank raises growth forecast for region, but warns of risks from trade sanctions

AP Business Writer The Asian Development Bank says it expects developing economies in the region to grow at a 5% annual pace this year, up slightly from its earlier estimate of 4.9% growth. The regional lender said the revision reflects faster-than-expected growth in the United States and some other economies, though it warned of potential

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