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Indie game devs struggle with AI pitches; UK lab uses AI for screen time study

Indie game developers are facing significant challenges in securing funding, with AI-generated pitches being a major concern for publishers like Bloober Team, Jagex, and 11 Bit Studios. Separately, a UK research lab is using AI to study the effects of screen time on children, while an activist argues that Big Tech needs a regulatory reckoning akin to the tobacco industry's past. AI

IMPACT AI's role in game development pitches and its application in child screen time research are highlighted, alongside calls for stricter Big Tech regulation.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses challenges in game development funding and concerns about AI's role, alongside commentary on Big Tech regulation and AI research on screen time.

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Indie game devs struggle with AI pitches; UK lab uses AI for screen time study

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 "There's nothing worse than an AI-generated pitch": Bloober, Jagex, 11 bit and indie devs on the bruising hurdle of funding a videogame prototype Among the wo

    📰 "There's nothing worse than an AI-generated pitch": Bloober, Jagex, 11 bit and indie devs on the bruising hurdle of funding a videogame prototype Among the worries faced by game developers seeking a publisher is the gamble of a prototype – that is, "a playable build that meanin…

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    🤖 Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate

    🤖 Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to decipheri... …

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’ In her

    🤖 ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’ In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and …