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Walmart, POClab Debut ‘Cultureverse,’ a Tribute to Hip-Hop
On Monday (August 28), retail giant Walmart and next-gen creative studio People of Crypto Lab (POClab) unveiled ‘Cultureverse’ – an immersive virtual experience that pays homage to the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop and the profound influence of Black culture, according to a press release shared with nft now. Since 2021, the studio has been at the forefront of merging culture and technology, demonstrated by their groundbreaking #MetaPride initiative that introduced the world’s first Pride festival in the metaverse. Some of its key partners include The Sandbox, Animoca Brands, Gaingels, ConcreteRose, Tess Ventures, and more. Scheduled for a September launch, Cultureverse […]
OpenAI Branches Into Video Games With Minecraft Clone
OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, recently announced its acquisition of a small “digital product company” called Global Illumination. Global Illumination, founded by Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon, and Joey Flynn, will reportedly be working on OpenAI’s “core products, including ChatGPT.” The team, according to the blog post, has previously designed and built products early on at Instagram and Facebook, including having “made significant contributions” at YouTube, Google, Pixar, and Riot Games. Notably, Global Illumination’s standout creation is an open-source video game called “Biomes,” which the OpenAI community has already started to draw comparisons of the game’s graphic design to Microsoft’s […]
Google On How Googlebot Handles AI Generated Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s Martin Splitt discusses AI Content in the context of quality control at the time of crawling and rendering The post Google On How Googlebot Handles AI Generated Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
$PEPE Multisig Mysteriously Transfers Out 16 Trillion Tokens, Investors Concerned
Investors of the popular meme coin, $PEPE, were (understandably) alarmed on Thursday after millions of dollars worth of $PEPE were suddenly transferred to crypto exchanges, including Binance, OKX, and Bybit. Interestingly, this incident marked the first instance in which the project’s essential multi-sig wallet participated in sending out PEPE tokens. Thursday’s sudden surge of over 16 trillion $PEPE tokens naturally created apprehension among investors, also causing a subsequent drop in its trading price. This strangely followed what appears to be an even more alarming phenomenon – changing the number of required crypto wallets required to “sign off” on a transaction […]
Bright Moments, Gotham to Host Live Minting of Nicole Vella’s “If You Could Do It All Again”
New York City’s groundbreaking cultural and cannabis concept store, Gotham, is gearing up for the final installment of its vibrant digital generative art series, collaborating with the renowned digital art gallery Bright Moments. The upcoming event, titled ‘If You Could Do It All Again,’ will feature the creative ingenuity of Gotham’s Artist in Residence for the month, Nicole Vella. Vella’s unique artistic exploration delves into the nuanced notion of time’s relentless forward motion, while also contemplating its seemingly elusive ability to pause. ‘If You Could Do It All Again’ proposes an intriguing concept of cyclical time, suggesting that our lives […]
WordPress Announces 100-Year Domain Name Registrations via @sejournal, @martinibuster
WordPress announced that it is offering 100-year domain name registrations, available right now The post WordPress Announces 100-Year Domain Name Registrations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist Release ‘Voir Dire’ as an NFT Exclusive
Since 2021, rappers Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have teased the existence of a mysterious music album that has been hidden in plain sight for fans to uncover. Sweatshirt, whose real name is Thebe Kgositsile, is most known for working alongside Tyler, The Creator beginning in 2009. The Alchemist, whose real name is Alan Maman, kicked off his rapping and DJ career in 1991 (age 14) when he formed The Whooliganz, a hip-hop duo with Scott Caan – eventually making his way under the wing of DJ Mugg and eventually becoming mainstream and serving as Eminem’s official DJ and in-house […]
Exclusive: How HUG Is Empowering Artists Through Discovery, Opportunity, and Education
In an era where technology is driving the evolution of everything, including art, at an unprecedented pace, artists are in search of platforms where they can not only exist but thrive despite ever-changing algorithms. One such platform, born amidst the tumultuous backdrop of a global pandemic is HUG, which has shown itself to be a beacon for equal representation and opportunity for all – a platform that provides a platform. To fully understand the gravity of what HUG is doing for artists in and outside of the Web3 space, we caught up with its co-founders, Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon, […]
Anthropic To Launch Paid Plans For Access To Claude via @sejournal, @kristileilani
Explore Anthropic’s plans to launch paid plans for Claude.ai, including a survey to determine what users will pay for a premium version of Claude. The post Anthropic To Launch Paid Plans For Access To Claude appeared first on Search Engine Journal.