Apple Halts AR Glasses Development, Focuses on Enterprise Vision Pro
Apple stopped developing AR smart glasses, focusing on enterprise Vision Pro sales; Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sold 1 million units in Q4, costing $100 million in marketing; Google offers buyouts to hardware employees amid AI-driven restructuring.
Apple Halts AR Glasses Development, Focuses on Enterprise Vision Pro
Apple stopped developing AR smart glasses, focusing on enterprise Vision Pro sales; Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sold 1 million units in Q4, costing $100 million in marketing; Google offers buyouts to hardware employees amid AI-driven restructuring.
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56% Bias Score
Meta Uses D&D to Train AI, Acknowledging Inherent Hallucination Risk
Meta is using Dungeons & Dragons books to train its AI, aiming to improve accuracy but acknowledging the inherent risk of hallucinations in LLMs, which can have real-world consequences as demonstrated by an Air Canada court case; the use of D&D in AI development also highlights the growing intersect...
Meta Uses D&D to Train AI, Acknowledging Inherent Hallucination Risk
Meta is using Dungeons & Dragons books to train its AI, aiming to improve accuracy but acknowledging the inherent risk of hallucinations in LLMs, which can have real-world consequences as demonstrated by an Air Canada court case; the use of D&D in AI development also highlights the growing intersect...
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48% Bias Score
Hatsune Miku Coming to Fortnite in 2025
Fortnite will include virtual pop star Hatsune Miku in 2025, a collaboration generating 4.3 million views on one tweet alone and marking a departure from the game's typical IP crossovers.
Hatsune Miku Coming to Fortnite in 2025
Fortnite will include virtual pop star Hatsune Miku in 2025, a collaboration generating 4.3 million views on one tweet alone and marking a departure from the game's typical IP crossovers.
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40% Bias Score
Metaverse Education in European Universities
Meta is bringing the metaverse to European universities, enabling immersive learning experiences through virtual reality.
Metaverse Education in European Universities
Meta is bringing the metaverse to European universities, enabling immersive learning experiences through virtual reality.
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Infinite Reality Acquires Obsess to Dominate Immersive Commerce
Infinite Reality, a $12.25 billion immersive technology company, acquired Obsess, a leader in virtual commerce, for an undisclosed sum, combining their platforms to leverage AI and accelerate growth in a market projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030.
Infinite Reality Acquires Obsess to Dominate Immersive Commerce
Infinite Reality, a $12.25 billion immersive technology company, acquired Obsess, a leader in virtual commerce, for an undisclosed sum, combining their platforms to leverage AI and accelerate growth in a market projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030.
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40% Bias Score
"Google's Quantum Leap: AI, XR, and the Future of Tech"
"In 2024, Google's CEO countered claims that Google is becoming obsolete by highlighting its advancements in AI, quantum computing, and XR, aiming to create a unified ecosystem that spans search, shopping, entertainment, and gaming, challenging existing tech giants."
"Google's Quantum Leap: AI, XR, and the Future of Tech"
"In 2024, Google's CEO countered claims that Google is becoming obsolete by highlighting its advancements in AI, quantum computing, and XR, aiming to create a unified ecosystem that spans search, shopping, entertainment, and gaming, challenging existing tech giants."
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40% Bias Score
Meta's Metaverse Gamble: $58 Billion in Losses and Waning Public Interest
Meta's 2021 rebranding to focus on the metaverse, involving significant investment in VR and AR technologies like Horizon Worlds, resulted in lower-than-expected user adoption and $58 billion in operating losses since 2020, despite some success in AR.
Meta's Metaverse Gamble: $58 Billion in Losses and Waning Public Interest
Meta's 2021 rebranding to focus on the metaverse, involving significant investment in VR and AR technologies like Horizon Worlds, resulted in lower-than-expected user adoption and $58 billion in operating losses since 2020, despite some success in AR.
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48% Bias Score
Metaverse Classes Coming to European Universities
Meta is launching digital twin universities in Europe to offer immersive learning experiences through virtual reality.
Metaverse Classes Coming to European Universities
Meta is launching digital twin universities in Europe to offer immersive learning experiences through virtual reality.
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