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"We all have strong opinions within the studio" – even Microsoft's own game developers are hesitant to use AI
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"We all have strong opinions within the studio" – even Microsoft's own game developers are hesitant to use AI

Microsoft are telling the world that the sooner we all switch to using generative AI tools in our day-to-day lives, the sooner we will 10x ourselves. Yet the corporation are still only finding haphazard pick up by videogame developers, including some of their own studios. As executive producer Susan Kath tells me, the Elder Scrolls Online team haven't yet found a part of development where they can use it. "Right now, we generally use it for things like this," Kath says, indicating our call. "A

"What goes up must come down," Razer's CEO says of rising RAM and GPU prices – but admits "It is bad" right now
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"What goes up must come down," Razer's CEO says of rising RAM and GPU prices – but admits "It is bad" right now

As the price of RAM, GPUs, and even SSDs climbs ever higher off the back of AI data centre demand, it's causing a significant price crunch for hardware manufacturers. "It is such a volatile situation at this point in time it is hard to figure out pricing," Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said in a recent episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast. "I don't know if I can pick a number right now as I speak with you and [be confident in it] by the end of the podcast." The rapidly increasing prices mean the co