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The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox

Square Enix’s terrific Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has finally made its way to Xbox. The 1980s and ’90s classics, which arrived on PC and mobile starting in 2021 and Switch and PS4 last year, are now available on Xbox Series X/S. The Xbox Store sells the six-game series in a $75 bundle ($60 for […]

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FCC fines political consultant $6 million for deepfake robocalls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially issued its full recommended fine against political consultant Steve Kramer for a series of illegal robocalls using deepfake AI technology and caller ID spoofing during the New Hampshire primaries. Kramer must pay $6 million in fines in the next 30 days or the Department of Justice will handle […]

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Advanced AI chatbots are less likely to admit they don’t have all the answers

Researchers have spotted an apparent downside of smarter chatbots. Although AI models predictably become more accurate as they advance, they’re also more likely to (wrongly) answer questions beyond their capabilities rather than saying, “I don’t know.” And the humans prompting them are more likely to take their confident hallucinations at face value, creating a trickle-down […]

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Meta’s Orion holographic avatars will (eventually) be in VR too

The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time soon. In the meantime, Meta offered a glimpse of its new holographic avatars, which will allow people to talk with lifelike holograms in […]

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DoNotPay 'robot lawyer' fined $193K by the FTC for not being a lawyer

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against DoNotPay, alleging that the AI-powered company billing itself as “the world’s first robot lawyer” failed to back its claims that it could replace human legal representation. The agency’s complaint argues that DoNotPay did not conduct tests to assess whether its AI chatbot was equivalent to a human […]