Microsoft reportedly pitched DALL-E AI image generation technology for military use without OpenAI and against core policies: “We were not involved.”

What you need to know Microsoft reportedly pitched the use of OpenAI’s DALL-E image generation technology to the US Department of Defense for military use.  An OpenAI spokesman distanced the company from this plan, indicating that military use of its tools goes against its core principles and user policies. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed to The […]

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As Helldivers 2 soars, former Halo dev says tons of pitched ODST games never saw the light of day: “Some galaxy-spanning, some more intimate…and one that was really dark”

What you need to know Helldivers 2, the hit new PvE co-op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios, is blowing up right now with extremely impressive player count numbers. Many Halo fans are wondering why Microsoft and 343 Industries never made a similar game about Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs), which use drop pods to land […]

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The Xbox One was pitched as the $299 “Xbox 720” according to these leaked documents

What you need to know Microsoft documents that reveal early plans the company had for the Xbox One console have leaked on Reddit. Though the post has been taken down, we’ve saved the link to the files and have verified their authenticity with our sources. The documents show that Microsoft was originally considering calling the […]

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Exclusive: A new Xbox achievement system with PS4-like ‘medals’ was pitched at a Microsoft hackathon

November saw Microsoft’s annual Hackathon event, where groups of developers, designers, and innovators come together from across Microsoft to compete and invent new potential products and services within and adjacent to the Microsoft ecosystem. The winner of this year’s Hackathon was an app that helps you provide tech support to a loved one remotely, in […]

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