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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto on AI and games.

As AI becomes able to do more work, that will create opportunities for everyone to think seriously about what creation really means. Copy-pasted designs have existed before, but they don’t last. When an individual designs something, they create with intention. All a computer does is help with that work. I think that no matter how much it evolves, there will still be things we can do.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
OpenAI is planning to combine ChatGPT chat and work.

According to TechCrunch, OpenAI said in an email to users that it’s merging ChatGPT’s chat and work tabs, but Codex will remain separate. OpenAI’s Thibault Sottiaux said on X that it’s “working on this but it’s not rolling out just yet.” Anthropic merged Claude chat and Cowork earlier this year.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Yakuza creator’s game studio is the latest to shut down.

Nagoshi Studio will never get to release its first game Gang of Dragon, because China’s NetEase stopped funding the studio this summer and it couldn’t find the investment to go indie. We’ve lost a lot of game studios this year, not to mention around 11,000 game developer jobs, but a few studios have managed to go indie.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google’s Phone, Messages, and Contacts apps have a new look.

The new icons trade the flat blue look for a gradient style in line with the updates across Google’s other logos.

Image: Google
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Techno music co-creator Juan Atkins has died at 64.

Along with fellow Belleville Three members Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May, he created the Detroit techno sound, releasing music under aliases including Cybotron and Model 500.

Atkins was found unresponsive in his hotel room Saturday ahead of a planned performance in Mexico City, and May said, “He never mentioned how sick he was, for years. He just went out and did his job the best way he could. Respect his legacy. Respect the effort. Respect the work. Respect the accomplishments.” Saunderson wrote, “Juan was the originator of Techno, a true visionary who opened the door for so many of us, myself included.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Type “zelda” into Google for a little Easter egg.

As a nod to this week’s Ocarina of Time release, you can click the Master Sword that pops up to be transported back to a classic list of blue links, complete with a retro “Google!” logo. I wish this was an option for every search.

A screenshot of Google’s Ocarina of Time Zelda Easter egg that shows a classic list of links.
Searching “Ocarina of Time” works, too.
Image: Google
Mia Sato
Mia Sato
How OpenAI is trying to woo Hollywood.

This profile of friend-to-the-stars Charles Porch (formerly of Meta) details how OpenAI is working to seed AI within the entertainment industry.

Porch describes, for example, how having Real Housewives stars at personal events could pay off in the future: “If an AI model comes up on the show, it might be Chat because we have this nice drumbeat. This is what I’ve been trying to explain to folks: It’s not about deals; it’s about relationships.”