Zynga Announces Its First Blockchain Game “Sugartown” 

Zynga, the gaming industry’s biggest mobile games developer, announced its first-ever blockchain game, Sugartown, on Monday, according to an initial report by Decrypt.  Best known for its popular 2009 games Farmville and Words With Friends, Zynga quickly made a name for itself after launching one of the first few games on Facebook, bringing in over…

NY Times Resists AI Training Using Its Content

The widespread phenomena of ChatGPT has very quickly entered the U.S. workforce, with some employers like Microsoft and Google already restricting its use.  With justified concerns that current AI chatbot technology would cause significant harm to media publishers, media publishers are starting to look closer at whether or not it makes sense to integrate AI…

DeGods Debuts Season 3, Introduces “Art Downgrade” and Points Parlor

DeGods, announced Season 3 of its collection on August 13, which includes an updated art “downgrade” and new ad-based business model called Points Parlor.  Its parent company, [de]labs described this new initiative as one that is set to “redefine the NFT space” while infus[ing] it with a “burst of color, excitement, and community engagement.” Launched…

Inside ‘The Boys of Summer,’ Mitchell F. Chan’s Interactive PFP Collection

Toronto-based artist Mitchell F. Chan, known for pioneering conceptual and public artwork, has unveiled his latest creation, “The Boys of Summer.” The digital game artwork goes beyond aesthetics; it’s a generative PFP collection that probes the contemporary obsession with quantifying self and challenges our understanding of success. Chan has consistently pushed boundaries from one of…

Futureverse Wants to Democratize High Music Quality With JEN 1

Futureverse, an AI and metaverse tech company with one of the largest digital collectible communities in the space, published its first research paper introducing a new infrastructure model to democratize high-end music quality by fusing musical compositions with artificial intelligence (AI).   The research paper, JEN 1: TEXT-GUIDED UNIVERSAL MUSIC GENERATION WITH OMNIDIRECTIONAL DIFFUSION MODELS,” is…