Bethesda's Starfield gets a 45-minute gameplay trailer

At last year’s Xbox Game Showcase, Bethesda showed off a 15-minute gameplay trailer of its first new IP in 25 years, Starfield. Now at this year’s showcase, Bethesda dives deep into Starfield, releasing a 45-minute long gameplay. Bethesda revealed more information about Starfield, including details about in-game cities, skill trees, upgrades, and space combat. The 45-minute deep dive gives an in-depth look into the space exploration RPG ahead of its September release. https://ift.tt/TA9M12n

Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive tech, including chips and defense (Bloomberg)

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Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive tech, including chips and defense  —  The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies …

Q&A with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on how existential warnings about AI might help Big Tech entrench its power, the UK's Online Safety Bill, and more (Ian Tucker/The Guardian)

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Q&A with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on how existential warnings about AI might help Big Tech entrench its power, the UK's Online Safety Bill, and more  —  The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power …

Microsoft will bring select games on PC Game Pass to Nvidia's GeForce Now in the coming months, letting subs stream games with RTX 4080 levels of performance (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Microsoft will bring select games on PC Game Pass to Nvidia's GeForce Now in the coming months, letting subs stream games with RTX 4080 levels of performance  —  Microsoft is planning to bring PC Game Pass titles to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service.  Sarah Bond, head of Xbox creator experience …

Researchers studying technological change and employment can't agree on how many jobs AI will affect, but hope that their methodology is directionally correct (Sarah Kessler/New York Times)

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Researchers studying technological change and employment can't agree on how many jobs AI will affect, but hope that their methodology is directionally correct  —  The tally of how many jobs will be “affected by” world-changing technology is different depending on who you ask.

How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common (Mia Sato/The Verge)

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How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common  —  Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it.