AI copyright lawsuit Cond Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out hallucinations Publishers sue Cohere, say AI firm is "stealing our works." Jon Brodkin Feb 13, 2025 2:21 pm | 30 Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez during a Bloomberg Television interview in London on October 31, 2023. Credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez during a Bloomberg Television interview in London on October 31, 2023. Credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreCond Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in "systematic copyright and trademark infringement" by using news articles to train its large language model."Without permission or compensation, Cohere uses scraped copies of our articles, through training, real-time use, and in outputs, to power its artificial intelligence ('AI') service, which in turn competes with Publisher offerings and the emerging market for AI licensing," said the lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. "Not content with just stealing our works, Cohere also blatantly manufactures fake pieces and attributes them to us, misleading the public and tarnishing our brands."Cond Nast, which owns Ars Technica and other publications such as Wired and The New Yorker, was joined in the lawsuit by The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, Insider, the Los Angeles Times, McClatchy, Newsday, The Plain Dealer, Politico, The Republican, the Toronto Star, and Vox Media.The complaint seeks statutory damages of up to $150,000 under the Copyright Act for each infringed work, or an amount based on actual damages and Cohere's profits. It also seeks "actual damages, Cohere's profits, and statutory damages up to the maximum provided by law" for infringement of trademarks and "false designations of origin."In Exhibit A, the plaintiffs identified over 4,000 articles in what they called an "illustrative and non-exhaustive list of works that Cohere has infringed." Additional exhibits provide responses to queries and "hallucinations" that the publishers say infringe upon their copyrights and trademarks. The lawsuit said Cohere "passes off its own hallucinated articles as articles from Publishers."Cohere defends copyright controlsIn a statement provided to Ars, Cohere called the lawsuit frivolous. "Cohere strongly stands by its practices for responsibly training its enterprise AI," the company said today. "We have long prioritized controls that mitigate the risk of IP infringement and respect the rights of holders. We would have welcomed a conversation about their specific concernsand the opportunity to explain our enterprise-focused approachrather than learning about them in a filing. We believe this lawsuit is misguided and frivolous, and expect this matter to be resolved in our favor."We asked Cohere for information on its IP controls and will update this article if it responds.The plaintiffs are part of the News/Media Alliance, which issued a press release about the complaint."This suit alleges that Cohere, an AI company valued at over $5 billion, engaged in widespread unauthorized use of publisher content in developing and running its generative AI systems," the press release said. "Cohere's behavior amounts to massive, systematic copyright infringement, as well as trademark infringement. The complaint provides a non-exhaustive list of thousands of articles that Cohere has infringed, through training, real-time use of content, and infringing outputs. Plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction and damages for Cohere's extensive and willful infringement."The lawsuit asks for an order requiring Cohere to destroy all infringing copies of the publishers' copyrighted works. It also demands that Cohere install a filter or other technology to prevent its system "from retrieving or copying Publishers copyrighted works, whether from Publishers' websites or other locations."Cohere offers AI products for businesses, including those in financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, energy and utilities, and the public sector. The company says its investors include Salesforce, Oracle, Nvidia, SAP, Fujitsu, and AMD. Its customers include Notion and Oracle. It was valued at $5.5 billion in a recent funding round.No ordinary AICohere, which is based in Toronto, pitches itself as a business-friendly AI, with a recent advertisement stating that it is not just an "ordinary AI." The ad says that unlike Cohere's product, ordinary AI leaks customer data and trade secrets, creates security audit nightmares, and steals intellectual property.In February 2024, Cohere announced that it would provide legal protection against intellectual property claims to its paying enterprise customers. This includes "full indemnification for any third party claims that the outputs generated by our models infringe on a third party's intellectual property rights," for Cohere "enterprise customers that comply with our guidelines and do not intentionally attempt to generate infringing content."Cond Nast and other news publishers involved in the lawsuit have licensed their content to other AI companies, such as OpenAI. But OpenAI also stands accused of using news articles without permission in a lawsuit filed by The New York Times. The case is proceeding through discovery.Cond Nast CEO Roger Lynch said in an email to staff that the news groups' lawsuit against Cohere "is a first for our industry, coming together to protect our rights and assert that creative and journalistic work cannot be taken without permission or fair compensation."Vox Media President Pam Wasserstein said the lawsuit aims to create a legal precedent and "establish the terms of the playing field for licensed use of journalism for AI, including for training and also real-time uses," according to The Wall Street Journal.Earlier this week, a federal judge in Delaware handed a victory to Thomson Reuters in a lawsuit regarding a legal-research search engine that uses artificial intelligence. US Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas rejected the fair use claims made by defendant Ross Intelligence, which was sued over the use of Westlaw headnotes that summarize key points of law and case holdings.A fabricated storyPointing to the "ordinary AI" ad, the news organizations' lawsuit said that "rather than reconcile those concepts and act lawfully, Cohere fails to license the content it uses." The AI company "helps itself to unlicensed copies of Publishers' news and magazine articles to build a training dataset," and "further infringes Publishers' copyrights by providing copies of Publishers' articles," the lawsuit claimed."Cohere delivers verbatim texts of Publishers' copyrighted articles even when asked generally for information about a particular topic rather than a specific piece," the lawsuit said.In other cases, Cohere provides summaries that "heavily paraphrase" the source articles and include "enough details to substitute for the original piece," the lawsuit said. These aren't always accurate and can result in a "fabricated story... with a fake source, title, and date," the lawsuit said.The lawsuit described an example:For example, The Guardian published an article on October 7, 2024 titled "'The pain will never leave': Nova massacre survivors return to site one year on.'" As shown below, when prompted for this piece with RAG [Retrieval-Augmented Generation] turned off, Cohere delivered a wildly inaccurate article that it represented was "published on June 29 2022 in The Guardian by Luke Harding." Among other flaws, the Cohere article confused the October 7, 2023 massacre at The Nova Music Festival with a mass shooting that took place in Nova Scotia, Canada in 2020. Cohere also manufactured details about the Nova Scotia tragedy, attributing several quotesincluding those gathered in The Guardian's reportingto Tom Bagley, a man who was murdered in the 2020 shootings and thus could neither "return[] to the scene of the killings" nor offer quotes to a news outlet. Needless to say, this fictional article never appeared in The Guardian.The lawsuit alleges that Cohere "disregards" robots.txt files that instruct bots not to crawl news websites and that "Cohere has an obligation not to use Publishers' copyrighted content without authorization regardless of whether Publishers have taken affirmative steps to block Cohere's crawlers."Jon BrodkinSenior IT ReporterJon BrodkinSenior IT Reporter Jon is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica. He covers the telecom industry, Federal Communications Commission rulemakings, broadband consumer affairs, court cases, and government regulation of the tech industry. 30 Comments

TechTarget and Informa Techs Digital Business Combine.TechTarget and InformaTechTarget and Informa Techs Digital Business Combine.Together, we power an unparalleled network of 220+ online properties covering 10,000+ granular topics, serving an audience of 50+ million professionals with original, objective content from trusted sources. We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities.Possibilities with AI: Lessons From the Paris AI SummitPossibilities with AI: Lessons From the Paris AI SummitWorld leaders gathered for a global event that reflected the hunger for AI innovation and competition.Carrie Pallardy, Contributing ReporterFebruary 13, 20254 Min ReadArc de Triomphe, landmark in Paris, FranceImages-Europa via Alamy Stock PhotoThe AI Action Summit held in Paris on Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 focused more on the possibilities than the perils of AI. French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off the event with a series of deepfaked videos of himself, seemingly more amused than concerned.People -- government leaders, tech executives, academics, and researchers among them -- from more than 100 countries flocked to the event to talk about AI innovation, governance, public interest, trustworthiness, and its impact on the future of work.InformationWeek spoke to three experts who attended the event to get a sense of some of the major themes that emerged from the third global AI summit.Global Competition and TensionWhile the AI Action Summit brought together people from around the world, a sense of competition remained strong. Macron urged Europe to take a more innovative stance in hopes of being of player in the AI race being run by China and the US.US Vice President JD Vance took to the stage at the summit to declare that the US would be the dominant player in the AI space.Georges-Olivier Reymond, cofounder and CEO of quantum computing company Pasqal, tells InformationWeek that hardware was a key discussion point at the summit. The US, for example, placed restrictions on AI chip exports.Related:Control the hardware, you have your sovereignty. And for me, that is one of the main takeaways of this event, Reymond tells InformationWeek.While Vance gave voice to the America First approach to AI, the US is still facing stiff competition. Earlier this year, DeepSeek burst onto the scene, seemingly giving China an edge in the global race for AI dominance. The companys founder Liang Wenfeng did not attend the summit, but other stakeholders from China did. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing spoke about a willingness to work with other countries on AI, Reuters reports.Many countries in attendance, including France and China, signed an international agreement on inclusive and sustainable AI. But the US and UK are two notable holdouts, splintering hopes for a unified, global approach to AI.Innovation vs. RegulationIn 2023, the first global AI meeting was held in the UK. The second was held in Seoul, South Korea, last year. This year marks a shift away from the emphasis these two events put on safety.Going into the AI Summit in Paris, France wanted to demonstrate the concrete benefits of AI, as opposed to solely its potential risks, Michael Bradshaw, global applications, data, and AI practice leader at Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services company, tells InformationWeek via email.Related:Vance was vocal about prioritizing innovation over safety. The AI future is not going to be won by hand-wringing about safety, he said, the New York Times reports. And Macron called for Europe to move faster.While innovation may be in the front seat, regulation still has a role to play if AI is to be safe and secure and actually deliver on the value it promises.My takeaways center on the opportunities we have to ensure that AI is deployed to benefit society broadly, Matthew Victor, co-founderof the Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement (MAPLE), a platform that facilitates legislative testimony, tells InformationWeek via email. While the development of social media created an array of significant harms, we have an opportunity to ensure that AI technologies are deployed to drive economic opportunity and growth, while also strengthening our civic capacities and the resilience of our democracy.More Change AheadGiven the speed with which AI is moving, policymakers are hard pressed to keep up.Yet, I believe global policymakers, especially through constructive industry engagement and events like the AI Action Summit that present an opportunity for dialogue, are advancing with the best intentions on behalf of their public and economic interests, says Bradshaw.Related:What the change ahead looks like could be hard to predict, but there are areas to watch. For example, Reymond was invited to the summit to speak about quantum computing and AI. It's a clear signal that now AI and quantum are linked, and people recognize that, he says.Reymond anticipates that quantum could take a great leap forward in the next few years. It could be a moment two to three years away, and it will have the same impact that ChatGPT [did], he says. And I think that the [governments] should be ready.When the next global AI summit arrives, to be hosted in India, world leaders and technology stakeholders will be facing the same big questions about AI leadership, its value, and its safety but just how much the technology has changed by then and how it will reshape the answers to those questions remains to be seen.About the AuthorCarrie PallardyContributing ReporterCarrie Pallardy is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago. She writes and edits in a variety of industries including cybersecurity, healthcare, and personal finance.See more from Carrie PallardyNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also LikeWebinarsMore WebinarsReportsMore Reports

Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekFebruary 13, 20253 Min ReadSOPA Images Limited via Alamy StockObservability and IT management software company SolarWinds shocked the IT community with last weeks announcement that it would go private after a $4.4 billion acquisition by private equity firm Turn/River Capital.News of 2025s biggest-so-far technology deal was met with some skepticism by analysts and cybersecurity experts, who worry about the Turn/Rivers long-term plans and security implications. SolarWinds was the victim of a historic nation-state cyberattack that rocked the industry in 2021. Security experts worry what a transition to a privately held organization will mean for transparency going forward.Will Townsend, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy took to X to suggest that the companys massive hack led to the sale. Going private through a PE is no surprise, he wrote. [SolarWinds] never did enough to reassure investors and customers that it had learned and implemented measures to prevent that epic supply chain hack from happening again.But in a live interview with InformationWeek, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna says its the companys success even after the attack that drove Turn/Rivers acquisition play that led to the blockbuster deal. SolarWinds most recent financial report shows $200 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2024, a 6% year-over-year increase.Related:Probably the most significant reason why Turn/River was attracted to us is the fact that weve continued making progress on the SolarWinds platform and continue to make progress on every metric from a business standpoint when outside investors look at us, theyre obviously looking at the business trajectory, which is unquestionable at this point, he says.SolarWinds customers and partners should look forward to continued growth, Ramakrishna says.Customers should expect us to ramp faster innovations on our SolarWinds platform with our focus on time to value, time to remediate, and time to resolve, we are making good progress organically on all three of those dimensions and well be accelerating that progress.He says the company will also be making improvements to packaging and pricing. Customers should experience and expect everything from us that they have come to know and like about us. Hopefully, they should get more from us in terms of how we give them solutions that accelerate their business transformation.Questions of SecurityHow SolarWinds handles security going forward with the transition to a private entity will be watched closely by the cybersecurity industry. Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of software supply chain management firm Sonatype, says the SolarWinds attack exposed the level of attacks on critical supply chains.Related:The SolarWinds hack perfectly showcased the rise of sophisticated software supply chain attacks, as it compromised high-profile networks, including those of nine US government agencies, Fox says in an email interview. As SolarWinds charts a new path forward, I can only hope that lessons learned would not be forgotten amid the organizational change.SolarWinds Ramakrishna says the company wants to allay those security concerns. I think its a well-placed fear But as I engage with the Turn/River team, one of my important emphases was on secure-by-design and the initiatives that I started back in 2021, he says. Theres a need for us to continue to help ensure transparency with customers, which then obviously leads to trust. I dont expect that to change.The acquisition will cost Turn/River $18.50 per share in an all-case deal. The purchase price represents a 35% premium on SolarWinds 90-day average stock price at the time of the deal.There is broad excitement, Ramakrishna says. People within the company view this as a great validation for their work. The team has worked super hard to get to this point, but we also realize that our jobs are never done. We just have to keep earning the trust of our customers and our partners on a daily basis. Its business as usual for us.Related:The deal still needs regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second quarter. Investment firms Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake, who hold 65% of the outstanding voting securities, approved the acquisition along with SolarWinds board of directors.About the AuthorShane SniderSenior Writer, InformationWeekShane Snider is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of industry experience. He started his career as a general assignment reporter and has covered government, business, education, technology and much more. He was a reporter for the Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh News and Observer and most recently a tech reporter for CRN. He was also a top wedding photographer for many years, traveling across the country and around the world. He lives in Raleigh with his wife and two children.See more from Shane SniderNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also LikeWebinarsMore WebinarsReportsMore Reports

The Large Magellanic Cloud may have its own supermassive black holeAlan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) may be the source of nine stars zooming through our galaxy a surprising hint that dwarf galaxies can host large black holes.This is the first compelling evidence for a supermassive black hole in [a dwarf] galaxy, says Jiwon Jesse Han at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts. He estimates the mass of the black hole inside the LMC would be about 600,000 times that of the sun. For comparison,

Fossil fuel companies were never going to voluntarily admit to their role in the climate crisis An oil refinery at twilight.Samart Boonyang/AlamyFossil fuel companies were never going to voluntarily admit to their role in the climate crisis. By the late 2020s, people turned to two methods to force the issue. Illegal means involved sabotage, destruction of oil infrastructure and more. Legal methods focused on litigation to force governments to comply with emissions targets and on corporations to pay reparations for past damage. If the energy policies of the 47th US president, Donald Trump, were drill, baby, drill,

Millie Bobby Brown criticized leaked salary contracts and said they put child actors at risk.She told Vanity Fair that contracts she signed as a child "should have been protected."Brown was reportedly paid $10 million for Netflix's 2022 film "Enola Holmes 2."Millie Bobby Brown says she's learned from her experience as a child actor that salary contracts should be protected rather than leaked because they endanger young actors.Brown, who rose to prominence playing Eleven on Netflix's wildly popular sci-fi series "Stranger Things," reacted to reports about her hefty paydays (including a reported $10 million deal to return for 2022's "Enola Holmes 2") in a new Vanity Fair cover story published on Wednesday.The 20-year-old actor said that contracts she signed as a child "should have been protected so that they're not on the record," instead of being leaked."It just puts children in a really dangerous situation," she added.Brown didn't elaborate on the specific dangers of contract leaks for child actors, but she told the publication, "I think everybody's a little bit too lax about the way that children are brought up in the industry."Brown played Enola Holmes, the sleuthing younger sister of Henry Cavill's Sherlock Holmes, in the 2020 movie and its sequel and also served as a producer for both. But the young star was already Netflix's golden child long before that. Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in "Stranger Things" season four. Ursula Coyote/Netflix Brown was 11 years old when she first portrayed Eleven. In a cast comprised of veteran stars Winona Ryder and David Harbor and younger rising talents, Brown became the breakout of season one, which premiered in 2016.By season three of "Stranger Things," the cast had landed significant salary bumps, with Brown reportedly earning at least $250,000 per episode, per Deadline. (Netflix declined to comment at the time.)For the fifth and final season of "Stranger Things," coming this year, most cast members reportedly earned $6 to $9 million-plus. Brown, however, has a separate, lucrative deal in place that also includes her films for the streamer (like the "Enola Holmes" movies" and the upcoming "The Electric State"), according to Puck's Matthew Belloni.Speaking to Vanity Fair, the actor credited Netflix and her parents for protecting her during her rise to fame."I grew up with a lot of eyes on my parents, but I feel that those were the people that protected me the most," she said, adding that her family taught her to "say no at a very young age" and advocate for herself.

Tim Cook announced a new Apple product launch set for February 19.His post included a teaser video with a metallic Apple logo and glowing ring.Reports have suggested a new iPhone SE, with Apple shares rising 2% post-announcement.Tim Cook just announced that a new addition to the Apple family tree will arrive next week.The Apple CEO posted a seven-second clip to X teasing a launch coming February 19. He didn't provide many details other than a metallic Apple logo with a glowing ring around it."Get ready to meet the newest member of the family," Cook said.It's unclear which part of the Apple family this member will belong to; the tech giant offers smart watches, AirPods, MacBooks, and more.One possibility is a new generation of the iPhone SE, the low-cost phone Apple first launched in 2016. The current model, which starts at $429, was last updated in 2022. A recent Bloomberg report has suggested a new SE is expected this month, and it will offer Apple Intelligence at a more affordable price than the iPhones that are currently compatible, per Bloomberg.Apple's shares were up as much as 2% after Cook's Thursday teaser.

Looking to head into Elden Ring Nightreign before its launch in May? Then you'll want to check out the network test here's how you can get started and play over the weekendTech19:00, 13 Feb 2025Nightreign has a co-op focus, but can be played solo(Image: FromSoftware Inc.)One of The Game Awards 2024's most surprising reveals was Elden Ring: Nightreign, and FromSoft's surprise co-op action RPG is launching sooner than you may have expected in May 2025.While some players were disappointed it can't be played as a duo, the three-player title mixes the challenging boss the developer is known for with battle royale elements like an ever-closing circle.It sounds more than a little strange, but given the studio's pedigree, we're still expecting big things. Not sure whether you'll pick it up? The game's network test could be an ideal way to find out if it's for you unless you've got other Valentine's Day plans. Here's how to play, and when.Elden Ring Nightreign was one of The Game Awards' biggest surprises(Image: FromSoftware Inc.)Sadly, not everyone can play you needed to register your interest before January 20 to sign up on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S.There's every chance Bandai Namco will open the floodgates for more Tarnished in the coming weeks, but for now, if you didn't register your interest then you're out of luck. It's also only available on those consoles, so PS4 and Xbox One players, as well as PC gamers, will need to wait, too.If you did register, and you're on one of those two chosen consoles, you aren't guaranteed access but you should get an access code for your platform of choice delivered via email. Redeem it on PS5 or Xbox, and you're ready to go when the time comes. Speaking of which...Prepare to take on foes with friends(Image: FromSoftware Inc.)Rather than opening up the network test for a whole weekend, Bandai Namco has opted to split it into chunks.The first one kicks off at 11am on Friday, February 14 in the UK time, and runs until 2pm. That should be plenty of time to beat some bosses and still get ready for your Valentine's Day date night.Here are the full times:February 143am - 6am PST / 6am - 9am EST / 11am - 2pm GMT7pm - 10pm PST / 10pm - 1am EST / 3am - 6am GMT on February 15February 1511am-2pm PST / 2pm-5pm EST / 7pm-10pm GMTFebruary 163am - 6am PST / 6am - 9am EST / 11am - 2pm GMT7pm - 10pm PST / 10pm - 1am EST / 3am - 6am GMT on February 17Players fly in, battle royale style(Image: FromSoftware Inc.)As for what's included, we know four of the game's classes will be playable, with four more to come at launch.Players will be able to play full matches, which involves strengthening their character throughout the day, then battling bosses at night, before a big boss fight on the third day to end things.Article continues belowOur understanding from preview coverage (media and creators got to play this build early) is that there will be two bosses offered as final bosses, with a bunch of smaller, mini-boss encounters throughout the in-game world to help sharpen your skills.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.

GTA 6 release date theory links Borderlands 4and a lot of assumptionsMichael BeckwithPublished February 13, 2025 7:00pm Dont count on GTA 6 releasing before Borderlands 4 (Rockstar)Fans have got yet another theory about the release date of GTA 6, and this time it has to do with Borderlands 4 but its still probably wrong.Although GTA 6 is by far the most anticipated release of 2025, so far publisher Take-Two has talked more about its other games, like Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4.Not only did last nights State of Play share new gameplay footage of Borderlands 4, but Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford announced that a separate State of Play dedicated solely to the game will air this spring.On top of that, Borderlands 4 now has a specific release date of September 23, which on the surface means nothing to GTA 6 fans, but some of them seem to think its yet another clue as to when the game is coming out.What is the GTA 6 release date?You should all know by now that GTA 6 is aiming for an autumn 2025 launch window. Take-Two has insisted on that since last May and has assured fans multiple times that it wont be delayed not that thats stopped plenty from assuming it will be anyway.Last week, during Take-Twos latest earnings report, CEO Strauss Zelnick described this years release schedule as one of the strongest ever for Take-Two, as we plan to launch Sid Meiers Civilisation 7 on February 11, Mafia: The Old Country in the summer, Grand Theft Auto 6 in the fall, and Borderlands 4.The order in which Zelnick listed the games made it sound like Borderlands 4 will launch after GTA 6, possibly in the winter as a Christmas release. As such, with Borderlands 4 actually scheduled for September 23, some have assumed that GTA 6 will be out in early September, if not late August.Were going to have to be party poopers, though, and say this is very unlikely. For starters, Zelnick never explicitly said GTA 6 would come out before Borderlands 4. Its far more likely he listed Borderlands 4 last because Take-Two didnt have a public release date yet (and to avoid spoiling the State of Play reveal).Plus, having Borderlands 4 and GTA 6 within the space of one month feels too close together. Even if GTA 6 came out at the very beginning of September, given how popular it will be, it would still risk overshadowing Borderlands 4 and harming its sales.Furthermore, not to be mean to Borderlands fans, but no one who picks up GTA 6 is going to drop it for a new Borderlands, especially if the rumoured GTA Online 2 mode launches alongside GTA 6 or shortly afterwards. Unless Take-Two wants Borderlands 4 to fail, it seems far wiser to get it out before GTA 6.A September release for GTA 6 also wouldnt make sense considering Take-Two will probably be launching this years NBA 2K game around that time too.Zelnick didnt mention NBA 2K26 as part of Take-Twos release schedule, but the games have traditionally come out within the first couple of weeks of September.At the very least, Take-Two would want a new NBA 2K game out to coincide with this years NBA season. While that doesnt have an official start date, the season traditionally starts in October. Just because NBA 2K26 wasnt mentioned in the release schedule doesnt mean it wont come out (Take-Two)Its a much safer bet that GTA 6 will arrive in October, at the absolute earliest, probably around the middle or the end of month considering Zelnicks comments on the importance of spacing out Take-Twos releases.More TrendingIn an IGN interview ahead of last weeks earnings report, Zelnick was asked if Take-Twos big releases risk cannibalising each other, to which he answered: No, I think we will plan the releases so as not to have that be a problem. I think that we will time our releases so as to respect the consumers need to spend a lot of time playing these hit games before they go on to the next.With Borderlands 4 potentially the biggest game in the series (or at least the most open and free as Pitchford told GameSpot this past December), Take-Two is unlikely to give its players just a couple of weeks to get through it before launching GTA 6.In lieu of any exact release date from Take-Two, this is ultimately pure speculation but considering theres more public gameplay footage for Borderlands 4 than GTA 6, its hard to imagine the latter is set to release first. A Borderlands 4 showcase will air within the coming months (Take-Two)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

By Thomas Maxwell Published February 13, 2025 | Comments (7) | Residents of Florida are reporting on social media about dense fog that with an unusual, metallic smell. Karen Grigoryan/Shutterstock Florida has been struck with a phenomenon of dense fog that has what residents have described as a strange odor. In social media posts on Reddit and X, individuals have called the fog unusual from other fog common in Florida, much more dense and, well, smelly. The phenomenon has, of course, sparked conspiracy theories online in the absence of credible information, as cataloged by Futurism. Some Redditors have speculated the fog captured chemicals from manufacturing plants in the region, but there is no definitive evidence to prove the claim. The federal government is distracted these days with President Trump effectively shutting down organizations by the day and pressuring its workforce of 2 million to take early retirement offers. We might just be stuck with TikTok experts on this one. Im not the conspiracy type, said one Reddit user, but this is 100% happening in central Florida. I thought it was smoke at first, but it is fog. And it has a smell I cannot describe. Another agreed, saying, I usually laugh at the conspiracy theorists, but this fog IS weird. Smells off and doesnt really look like any fog Ive seen in my 30 years living here. Another wrote the fog smells kinda like a mixture of gasoline and rubber. Honestly, I cannot really describe it. Geo-engineering practices, such as efforts to seed clouds and produce rain, only lend more credence to the conspiracy theories. Video from the dense fog this morning. Foggy conditions continue along the immediate NE FL & SE GA coasts due to lingering sea fog moving onshore. https://t.co/r6rrFcJTai NWS Jacksonville (@NWSJacksonville) February 11, 2025 An official with the National Weather Service told USA Today that the fog is just that, fog, but did not elaborate on the smell that individuals have reported. If you shine, you know, any kind of light in the fog, what youre actually seeing are the very, very small water droplets, she told USA Today. So that is likely what people are seeing. Fog is commonly produced when dense warm air from the ocean moves over cold land.Gizmodo contacted the National Weather Service for more possible explanations but we have not heard back. Users on Reddit have zeroed in on the Palatka Paper Mill located near Jacksonville as one possible culprit of the smelly fog, but that remains speculative. The paper mill is owned by the Koch Brothers, who have been major backers of President Trump.If there is any truth to the idea that pollution from manufacturing plants is to blame for the strange fog (what goes up must come down eventually), it seems like the problem will only become more prevalent as President Trump works to roll back environmental regulations and fast-track new projects worth at least $1 billion. It might be hard to remember now, but cities like Los Angeles used to have incredibly bad air quality before new tailpipe emissions standards were put in place for cars. These regulations are important, but the Republican party has long been a staunch opponent to heightened emissions standards. Maybe it should not be called fog at all but rather freedom fog.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Margherita Bassi Published February 12, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published January 21, 2025 By Isaac Schultz Published January 15, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published January 9, 2025 By Matt Novak Published January 2, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published December 18, 2024