‘We Wanted It to Feel Like a Playable Episode’ — Robert Kirman and the Developers of Invincible VS Talk About Its Mysterious Story Mode and Making Cecil Work in a Fighting Game – IGN

‘We Wanted It to Feel Like a Playable Episode’ — Robert Kirman and the Developers of Invincible VS Talk About Its Mysterious Story Mode and Making Cecil Work in a Fighting Game – IGN

Invincible VS just announced its eighth playable character: Cecil. The no-nonsense director of the Global Defense Agency is a surprise addition to the roster. He lacks any superpowers, so it’s hard to imagine him lasting more than a blink of an eye against the likes of Omni-Man and co. But Invincible creator Robert Kirkman was…

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Grok Imagine’s ‘Spicy’ mode lacks basic guardrails for sexual deepfakes

Grok Imagine’s ‘Spicy’ mode lacks basic guardrails for sexual deepfakes

Updated on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 11:00 a.m. ET — Other outlets have also reported that Grok Imagine will readily produce sexual deepfakes. The Verge reported on Tuesday that the Grok Imagine “Spicy” setting produced nude deepfakes of Taylor Swift, unprompted. This isn’t Elon Musk or X’s first controversy involving Taylor Swift deepfakes; in January 2024,…

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Google AI Mode And The Future Of Search Monetization: Ads, Prompts, And The Post-Keyword Era

Google AI Mode And The Future Of Search Monetization: Ads, Prompts, And The Post-Keyword Era

Google AI Mode, which officially launched in May 2025 and is now available to all U.S. users without a waitlist, represents a significant step forward in how we engage with search. Powered by Gemini 2.5, this new interface moves beyond AI Overviews by introducing a persistent, conversational assistant that blends AI-generated insights with traditional search…

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