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Payday 3 gets a short but sweet teaser trailer promising gameplay is coming this summer
A very brief teaser trailer from Starbreeze Studios and Prime Matter has told us when we can finally see some Payday 3 gameplay.
The total runtime of Payday 3’s latest teaser trailer is 20 seconds, but only about three seconds of that is something that isn’t just text on a screen. Aside from the various logos which take up half the length of the video, it does tell us the most important thing, which is that we can expect to see some gameplay for Payday 3 sometime this summer. “Gameplay. This summer. Don’t miss out,” the trailer plainly tells us, but doesn’t go any more specific than that (thanks, PC Gamer). E3 is dead in the water, so it won’t be appearing there, but there is always the chance that gameplay will show up at one of the many showcases that seem to be increasing in number every summer.
While there’s literally no other information in the trailer itself, over on Steam, the devs have cleared up its intentions just a little bit more about what’s going on. “We’re now 5 months into the Year of PAYDAY 3, with not a lot of info revealed about the game yet,” reads the post. “This has been frustrating for a lot of you, but we promise you the wait will be worth it. Our team has been working very hard on the game, this is still the year of PAYDAY 3 after all, and we’re now almost ready to start lifting the lid and let you all in on how the game is coming along.”
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor isn’t even out yet and EA is already promising performance improvement updates
Star Wars, and Respawn fans hoping to jump into the world of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor the moment it goes live, may be disappointed to learn that it has some big performance issues at launch. Problems caused by poor technical performance haunted the first game, Jedi: Fallen Order, too.
Despite being a current-gen exclusive, it seems players will still have to put up with a few bugs and performance problems if they play it soon.
EA’s official Star Wars Twitter account posted a tweet on Wednesday (sometime after reviews went live) promising that the game’s first patch will arrive on launch day, April 28. This is only the beginning, however, as you can expect even more patches “in the weeks ahead.”
Grimes invites AI artists to use her voice, promising 50 percent royalty split
Canadian synth-pop artist Grimes says AI artists can use her voice without worrying about copyright or legal enforcement. “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with,” she tweeted on Sunday. “Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.”
The musician’s declaration comes in the wake of streaming platforms removing an AI-generated song using simulated voices of Drake and The Weeknd. Universal Music Group (UMG), which represents both artists, called for the purge after “Heart on My Sleeve” garnered over 15 million listens on TikTok and 600,000 on Spotify. UMG argued that publishing a song trained on its artists’ voices was “a breach of our agreements and a violation of copyright law.”
Grimes takes a considerably more open approach, adding that she has no label or legal bindings. “I think it’s cool to be fused [with] a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright,” she added.
I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings. pic.twitter.com/KIY60B5uqt
— 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023
This isn’t Grimes’ first time weighing in on AI. The artist collaborated with mood music startup Endel to launch an AI-generated lullaby app in 2020. She was inspired to create “a better baby sleeping situation” for her son, X Æ A-XII. In addition, she predicted in 2019 that generative AI could mean “the end of art, human art,” continuing by saying, “Once there’s actually AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), they’re gonna be so much better at making art than us… once AI can totally master science and art, which could happen in the next 10 years, probably more like 20 or 30 years.”
In addition to music, generative AI is already disrupting numerous industries, including visual art, writing, online media and voiceover work. After its sudden arrival — and rapid improvements — within the past year, AI content creation has set off numerous legal, ethical and copyright firestorms. Unfortunately, it will likely worsen before society and copyright laws settle on any consensus. In March, the US Copyright Office said AI art, including music, stemming from a text prompt couldn’t be copyrighted. But it left the issue far from settled as it left the door open to granting copyright protections to works with AI-generated elements.
Grimes’ offer to split royalties says it would apply to any “successful” AI song using her voice, leaving some confusion over where that cutoff is. Either way, she sounds ready to back up the offer with tools artists can use, promising, “We’re making a program that should simulate my voice well but we could also upload stems and samples for ppl to train their own.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/grimes-invites-ai-artists-to-use-her-voice-promising-50-percent-royalty-split-165659578.html?src=rss
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BetterHelp Sold Customer Data While Promising It was Private, Says FTC
The FTC also says that the company gave customer service agents false scripts to try and reassure users that it wasn’t sharing personally identifiable or personal health information after a February 2020 report from Jezebel exposed some of its practices. The commission’s complaint (PDF) accuses the company of misleading customers by putting a HIPAA seal on its website, despite the fact that “no government agency or other third party reviewed [BetterHelp]’s information practices for compliance with HIPAA, let alone determined that the practices met the requirements of HIPAA.”
If the FTC’s order ends up going through, the $7.8 million would go to customers who signed up for the service between August 1st, 2017, and December 31st, 2020. Here are some of the other things BetterHelp would be required to do:
– Stop sharing individually identifiable information about consumer’s mental health with any third parties
– Stop misrepresenting its data collection and use policies
– Alert customers who created accounts before January 1st, 2021, that their personal info may have been used for advertising
– Obtain “affirmative express consent” from a customer before sharing information with a third party
– Reach out to third parties that received customer information and ask that it be deleted
– Establish a “comprehensive privacy program” and have an independent third party carry out privacy assessments
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