Instead of CG or AI, Apple used furry puppets to make its A Critter Carol festive ad. Instead of CG or AI, Apple used furry puppets to make its A Critter Carol festive ad. is a senior reporter who’s ...

While companies like Coca-Cola turned to generative AI to create “visually jarring” holiday ads this year, Apple continues to embrace practical effects with its new festive short film called A Critter ...

SAN ANTONIO – Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together ...

New York Times podcast hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have published a "tense" interview with Roblox CEO David Baszucki when he was questioned over the company's child safety measures. In an ...

Microsoft’s new AI model works “by visually perceiving a web page,” enabling it to understand and take actions over a PC’s desktop. “It does not rely on separate models to parse the screen, nor on any ...

A new AI model called popEVE can predict how likely each variant in a patient’s genome is to cause disease. The team is testing popEVE in clinical settings to see if it can speed accurate diagnoses of ...

In 2024, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers, starting with the release of Phi (opens in new tab) models on Microsoft Foundry (opens in new tab), as well as deploying Phi ...

Broadway and screen actor Max Mendoza Crumm (Grease, The Connector) launches the Kickstarter campaign for The Cosmic Clubhouse: A Handmade Musical Short, a new puppet-driven musical project ...

Roblox Steal a Brainrot's upcoming New Rebirth update adds the highly anticipated Rebirth 17 to the game. The new update also brings a multitude of new Brainrots along with a limited quantity addition ...

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...