Elon Musk shows off bartending robots, but some say the automatons were controlled by people | Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in "disruptive voice chat" thanks to its AI snitch

Elon Musk shows off bartending robots at a recent Tesla event, but some attendees say the automatons were being controlled by people | AI in games might've just proven itself useful for a change—Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in 'disruptive voice chat' since the start of the year thanks to its robo-snitch | The Dark Age of Paradox Interactive: What exactly happened to one of PC gaming's best publishers? Created for ignoble.experiment@arconati.us |  Web Version October 13, 2024 CONNECT WITH PC GAMER       SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE First Up (Tesla) Elon Musk shows off bartending robots at a recent Tesla event, but some attendees say the automatons were being controlled by people The Optimus robot "can be a teacher or babysit your kids," Musk promised, which strikes me as a terrible idea even if it's true. Elon Prime     Community Heroes (Activision Blizzard) AI in games might've just proven itself useful for a change—Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in 'disruptive voice chat' since the start of the year thanks to its robo-snitch ""Since rolling out an improved voice chat enforcement in June 2024," Activision claims, "Call of Duty has seen a combined 67% reduction in repeat offenders of voice-chat based offences in Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Warzone." Banhammer     The Big Story (Paradox) The Dark Age of Paradox Interactive: What exactly happened to one of PC gaming's best publishers? Penumbra, Mount & Blade, Crusader Kings, Stellaris, Cities: Skylines, Surviving Mars, Magicka, Age of Wonders, BattleTech—its library of games includes an impressive number of all-time greats. The Paradox of 2024, though, seems to be in free fall. History Lesson     Free eBooks and Resources Free eBooks and resources brought to you by our sponsors How Technology Can help You Get a Good Night's Sleep Digital Minimalism: Tricks to Simplify Your Digital Life Ten Traits Of Successful People Inc.'s Productivity Super Book: A Definitive Consolidation of 25 Perspectives to Guide Your Future Success The Future of AI in Technology Review of the Week (Atlus) Metaphor: ReFantazio When I reviewed Persona 5 Tactica for PC Gamer last year I said that its story overtook Persona 5 to become my favourite in the series. I'm now going to have to bump Tactica down to second place. Fantaz-tic     In Case You Missed It (Valve) Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore. Owned     Finally, Something Funny (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Mark Zuckerberg reckons he's a Civilization 'grandmaster' who could beat 'anyone in the world,' and we should all brace ourselves for his Twitch career In what I can only assume is part of his ongoing but undeclared rebrand as an actual human being, Meta and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he will absolutely annihilate you at Civilization. Actually, he says he'll annihilate anybody at Civilization, declaring himself "close to grandmaster status" in the game in an act of hubris rivalled only by the protagonists of Greek myth. Zuck v. Gandhi     Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036