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PulseAugur coverage of Atari — every cluster mentioning Atari across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Early Wizardry history at risk of being lost forever
A significant piece of early computer game history, "Dungeons of Despair," released in June 1981 at the Boston Apple Fest, is at risk of being lost. The game, which is a precursor to the "Wizardry" series, has resurface…
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Atari acquires rights to influential Wizardry 1-5 RPG series
Atari has acquired the complete and exclusive rights to the first five installments of the influential "Wizardry" role-playing game series. This acquisition means Atari now owns the core intellectual property for these …
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Value Explicit Pretraining learns transferable representations for reinforcement learning agents
Researchers have developed Value Explicit Pretraining (VEP), a novel method designed to improve the transferability of representations in visual reinforcement learning. VEP utilizes suboptimal, unlabeled demonstration d…
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Cosmic Ark Atari game converted for Commodore VIC-20
Micke has released a new conversion of the classic Atari game, Cosmic Ark, for the Commodore VIC-20. This release brings a vintage gaming experience to a new platform. The game is noted for its high fidelity.
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New C++ engine HASE achieves 33M steps/sec for multi-agent RL training
Researchers have developed a new C++ engine called Hide-And-Seek-Engine (HASE) designed to significantly improve the efficiency of training reinforcement learning agents in decentralized, partially observable environmen…
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection receives 'Krossplay' update from Atari and Digital Eclipse
Atari and Digital Eclipse have launched a significant update for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, introducing 'Krossplay' functionality. This new feature allows players to engage in cross-platform gameplay, enhancing t…
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Toyota turns car seat into $3,500 gaming chair; Samsara 2.0 update released
The game "Adventure of Samsara" has received a significant 2.0 update, introducing new content and adjustments based on fan feedback. Separately, Toyota has collaborated to create a gaming chair using a car seat, priced…
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OpenAI finds evolution strategies rival reinforcement learning for AI training
OpenAI researchers have found that evolution strategies (ES), a decades-old optimization technique, can rival the performance of modern reinforcement learning (RL) methods on benchmarks like Atari and MuJoCo. ES offers …
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OpenAI trains AI with human preference feedback; Chip Huyen proposes predictive model routing
OpenAI and DeepMind have developed a new algorithm that learns desired behaviors from human feedback, reducing the need for explicit goal functions. This method uses a three-step cycle where humans compare two agent beh…