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Meet North: Robot plays high-speed ping-pong with 0.02-second reaction time

At CES 2026, Singapore-based company Sharpa has redefined general-purpose robotics with the debut of its first autonomous ...

How a Travel Writer Became Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Nemesis

For Pico Iyer, making his acting debut in the hit movie “Marty Supreme” was the latest journey in a life full of unexpected ...

FIFA to use ‘3D avatars’ powered by AI to improve offside calls at World Cup

"AI-enabled 3D avatars" will be used to track players "during fast or obscured movements" and improve offside calls, FIFA ...
IGN

Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'

This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes for things like concept ...
Edutopia

5 Reasons to Use Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom

Social engagement: Playing an analog game typically brings students together. Initial student interactions are functional: ...
GameSpot

Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. These past two months with Arc Raiders have been the most fun I've had with games all year. It represents the most exciting and unpredictable ...
GameSpot

Baldur's Gate, Divinity Dev CEO Responds To Backlash Over Generative AI Comments

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity developer Larian has confirmed that it uses generative AI in its development processes, but not necessarily in the way ...
Polygon

BG3 studio Larian says it's using genAI for Divinity, but not 'looking at trimming down teams to replace them'

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin developer Larian Studios generated a ton of hype (and no shortage of revulsion) when it revealed its next big role-playing game, Divinity, at The Game Awards ...
Polygon

We are not ready for how much worse video game prices will spiral out of control thanks to AI

A couple of months ago, OpenAI signed a deal with two top memory chip producers in an effort to power the tech company's massive, state-sanctioned Stargate project. The move was inevitably going to ...
Game Rant

Expedition 33 Has Been Disqualified from the Indie Game Awards 2025 Due Use of Gen AI

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is a lifelong gamer with a passion for a variety of genres. A connoisseur of everything from JRPGs and ...
Reuters

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different outfits, speeding up the production process as part of an ...
Sports Illustrated

NBA Star ‘Beats’ U.S. Table Tennis Champ and Cal Grad in Ping-Pong Challenge

Cal graduate Lily Zhang gained fame in the table tennis world last month when she became the first woman to claim the No. 1 spot in the Major League Table Tennis official power rankings. But she ...