• artyom@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    32
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    17 hours ago

    the court revealed that Epic and Google have struck a new deal that apparently includes “joint product development, joint marketing commitment, joint partnerships.”

    1. What does any of this have to do with Unreal Engine?
    2. If this is a “settlement” that means Timmy is pulling up the ladder he used to win previous cases behind him. I guess that’s his prerogative as he invested in it when no one else would, but still kind of a dick move.

    “Epic’s technology is used by many companies in the space Google is operating in to train their products, so the ability for Google to use the Unreal Engine more fullsome… sorry, I’m blowing this confidentiality,” Sweeney said.

    Use of the word “train” leads me to believe this has to do with the 2-letter money-printing machine, which would explain Timmy’s recent defense of it.

    • Rose@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      16 hours ago

      Epic used Gemini to power its Darth Vader, so it might be related to AI indeed. To add to that, Epic has introduced an AI chat for Unreal Engine developers, acquired the AI asset tagging tool Loci, and enabled AI for its support system to handle requests before a human operator steps in. I also believe they use AI as a screening tool for its new text chat feature (and maybe its new forums), but I have no proof for this part.

  • LordMayor@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    15 hours ago

    The only thing I respect about Tim Sweeney is that he has enough money to buy better looks but still looks like that. I mean, yeah, he looks like an insufferable dork/prick but he could afford to look like an insufferable dork/prick with hair, designer clothes and roided physique.