Senior Product ManagerUnityTel Aviv, Israel48 minutes agoApplyThe opportunityAt Aura, we build applications that enable mobile carriers to connect with their subscribers, providing opportunities to discover new apps and value-added services. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to join our product team and lead the development of our core backend infrastructure and PlatformThe products you will lead are the technical backbone of our ecosystem, powering real-time decisioning and enabling scalable, flexible serving and management. In this role, you’ll work closely with Engineering, Data, Business, and Operations teams to build high-performance, reliable systems that support massive scale and ever-evolving business needs.What you'll be doingOwn the product vision, strategy, and execution for our Delivery Service and Backend Platform.Identify and define strategic product opportunities that support our growth and operational excellence goals.Translate complex business and operational needs into scalable backend capabilities and intuitive configuration flows.Collaborate daily with Business, R&D and Data teams to plan and deliver initiatives, resolve challenges, and continuously optimize backend system architecture.Write and maintain clear product specs and API documentation, and manage ongoing releases in a fast-paced agile environment.Serve as the go-to person for product-related decisions across the full development lifecycle — from planning to rollout and iteration.Proactively gather input and feedback from internal usersand convert it into prioritized product work.What we're looking forProduct management experience.A strong sense of ownership — you’re equally comfortable defining high-level strategy and sweating the technical details.Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment between technical and non-technical teams.Ability to break down complex problems and communicate clearly, whether with developers or executives.Excellent English — verbal, written, and presentation.You might also haveExperience in ad-tech, real-time systems, or other performance-critical backend environments.Knowledge and hands-on SQL experience.Additional informationRelocation support is not available for this position.Life at UnityUnityis the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Unity does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Unity will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Unity.Your privacy is important to us. Please take a moment to review our Prospect Privacy Policy and Applicant Privacy Policy. Should you have any concerns about your privacy, please contact us at DPO@unity.com.#SEN #LI-SC1 Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply #senior #product #manager #unity

This is the third blog in our Games Focus series, which highlights key product development initiatives for the year ahead and beyond. Here, we cover the status, upcoming release plans, and future vision for profiling and performance at Unity.My name is Marika. I’ve worked in the video game industry for nearly a decade, and I’m currently the senior technical product manager for profiling tools and performance optimization at Unity.When we think about performance at Unity, there are three main areas where we believe we can help:Insight: Empowering you to dig into your game’s performance, identify bottlenecks, and pinpoint areas that would benefit from optimization strategiesExperience: Ensuring that creating your projects feels seamless by raising the performance of the Unity Editor and runtimeInnovation: Guiding you in new programming techniques and paradigms that have performance in mind from the ground upToday’s post focuses on the first two areas, covering recent updates to our suite of profiling tools and how customer feedback is shaping our roadmap for 2023 and beyond. It ends with a recap on best practices for optimizing projects.We’ll dive into the third area, performance-focused programming techniques and workflows with a focus on DOTS-based projects, in an upcoming post.We like to think of the profiling features in Unity as detective tools that help you unravel the mysteries of why performance in your application is slow or glitchy, or why code is allocating excess memory. They help you understand what’s going on under the hood of the Unity game engine.Our goal is to raise the performance of Unity tools and runtime through profiling and optimization, helping you to deliver smooth performance for your players across a broad range of platforms and devices.Memory Profiler is designed to make it easier to keep track of memory usage and composition. I’m happy to share that the Memory Profiler 1.0.0 is now a verified package for the Unity 2022.2 beta release and above. Thank you to everyone who shared their invaluable feedback on how to create a better workflow for this important feature.Many of you contend with the challenge of working within the memory restrictions of each of your target platforms. The Memory Profiler helps solve this challenge by providing you with a clear overview of the memory impact of assets and objects in one view. It also shows you detailed contextual information on which objects and systems the memory relates to.You can dig deeper into the capture through breakdown views and compare memory snapshots to identify potential leaks and unnecessary allocations that negatively impact memory usage.Refining the existing profiling toolsetIn 2022.1, we added the Frame Timing Manager, which enables you to capture and access frame timing data across multiple frames. If performance is lagging, use this feature to assess frames and analyze why your application isn’t meeting performance targets. Learn more about this in our documentation.If you’re looking to monitor low-level GPU metrics in the Unity Profiler, you can use the new System Metrics Mali package, which we released in 2022.1 through a partnership with Arm. This package allows you to access low-level system or hardware metrics on mobile devices. If you’re curious to learn more about how to ensure your content runs smoothly on mobile devices powered by Arm CPUs and Mali GPUs, this 2021 blog can guide you.Performance optimizationThe profiling tools highlighted so far are a great start to helping you identify areas where performance can be improved. On my team, however, “performance optimization” applies not only to your games’ runtime performance on their target devices, but also to how your team works – your productivity. We’re aiming to provide you with faster iteration times, fewer interruptions, and greater efficiency in the Editor.In Unity 2021 LTS, importing your assets is three to four times faster, and opening imported projects up to 8.7% faster compared to Unity 2020 LTS.I’m excited to share some of the improvements that are available in the 2022 releases as well:Improved material reimport for the Universal Render Pipeline and High Definition Render PipelineEditor workflow improvements, including: Faster save time for large scenesReduced stall time in scene pickingImproved performance in the Scene view when there are many LOD GroupsAn optimized animation rigging packageBetter Hierarchy scrollingImproved save workflow for large PrefabsImproved iteration time when working inside the Editor thru optimizations on domain reloadsPlay mode improvements, including: Improved static batching performanceOptimized process for how Addressables finds resource directoriesPrewarming particle systemsAgain, your feedback has played a vital role in many of these improvements. Please continue sharing your feedback on our future roadmap here, or contact the team on the forums. We’re particularly interested in performance-related issues, which we’re capturing here.For over a decade, we’ve stayed focused on ensuring that you can achieve the best performance possible using our profiling tools, and we will continue refining the toolset. This development has taken many forms, including all of the functionality we’ve already mentioned here.Another area where we’ve worked to provide significant performance gains is the Data-Oriented Technology Stack, or DOTS. Two of the core features integral to the successful delivery of DOTS are the Burst compiler and C# Job System. These were leveraged in our own internal engine performance to great results, and they’re available for all today. Coming soon, we’ll deliver on the third critical feature, Entities, which will turbo boost project performance in areas like networking, physics, and more. This is such an important aspect to our commitment to game development that we will dedicate a standalone Games Focus article to DOTS in this series, coming soon.For now, let’s take a look at a few improvements planned for upcoming releases.We’re working to cut time spent starting the Editor, to improve start-up time and help you stay in flow. Today, when you connect a target device to the Editor, you might experience instability such as disconnection or an inability to recover. We’re working on making Editor connections to mobile platforms more reliable and performant in the 2023.1 release.Additionally, we want to make it more efficient for you to identify bottlenecks with the Profiler and to know what to do next once you’ve spotted them. Our goal is to quickly direct you to the areas of optimization that will yield the greatest performance gains.We’re also looking to add memory insights based on the device you’re building for, so you can get platform-specific performance gains. This is in the early stages, and we’re actively looking for your feedback on this new feature, which you can provide on our roadmap page.Expertise with Unity’s suite of profiling tools is one of the most useful skills you can add to your game development toolbox. That’s why we’re working on creating more advanced content about best practices to help you get the most out of our tools.Several of my teammates recently put together our most extensive guide to date about profiling in Unity, in partnership with expert engineers from the Unity Integrated Success team and experts.I also suggest you download these additional advanced e-books that offer extensive platform-specific optimization best practices:Optimize your mobile game performanceOptimize your console and PC game performanceAnother handy reference is this flowchart, which provides a recommended approach to identifying bottlenecks in your project.Finally, this Profiling and optimization reading list, created by our content and marketing teams, includes key blog posts that will help you understand profiling concepts and methods, from basic to advanced.My team is working hard to bring you the solutions you need for your most ambitious projects, and we’re always eager to understand how we can help you better.Stay tuned to updates in our public roadmap page. This is also the best place for you to share feedback directly with the product team.Watch the blog for our next Games Focus update, which will focus on what Unity is doing to help you target more platforms and form factors with your game content. And, as always, share your feedback with us on the forums. #games #focus #profiling #performance #optimization

You ever wonder who the first person to put peanut butter and chocolate together was? Part of me feels like whoever it was must be loaded; I mean, you’ve combined two already great flavors into something that Reese’s would more or less build a whole brand on. And then part of me thinks it plays out like the hypothetical guy who invented the Chicken McNugget in The Wire. A pat on the back from a big shot, and then it’s back to the basement to figure out a way to make the fries taste better. I don’t know the answer; I hope it's the former. But every now and then, you come across an idea, a combination of things, that’s so good that you wonder how nobody’s ever done it before. And every time my squad and I sprinted back to our time-traveling dropship, stopping only to deal with the Time Reapers that stood in our way, I wondered how the hell nobody had ever said “Hey, what if we combined Overcooked and Gears of War?” pre-Pizza Bandit.Pizza Bandit’s setup is pretty simple. You’re Malik, a former bounty hunter with dreams of being a chef who is pulled back into the bounty game when he’s scammed out of his pizza shop and his former crew needs his help to get out of a jam. Pizza Bandit’s writing is pretty silly, but that’s part of the charm. I can’t get mad when Albert, the android that upgrades your weapons, tells me he doesn’t know how to apologize for what happened to my pizza shop because he’s just an android, or when my pilot waxes nostalgic about how he misses the fog, or when someone utters the odd nonsensical line. It’s too silly, and the whole setup is just there to, well… set up Pizza Bandit’s wackiness.PlaySee, you’re not just any bounty-hunting crew. You’re a time-traveling bounty hunting crew, and that means you’ll be going all over space and time to get the job done. Don’t ask me how any of this works. All I know is that pizza heals and bullets kill, and that the Time Reapers — nasty little buggers that seem to be invading every timeline — don’t want this pizza shop owner to make any dough. And that’s not gonna fly. Pizza Bandit’s writing is pretty silly, but that’s part of the charm.“What makes Pizza Bandit unique is that you’re not just shooting stuff. You’re also, well, kinda playing Overcooked. After squading up, my first mission saw my crewheading to the Restaurant from N owhere, a hidden outpost run by another bandit crew. Our job: fulfill the pizza orders for other bounty hunting teams, and send them off in time-traveling rocket pods. That meant putting together the right type of pizza, getting it to the oven, making sure we were getting their drink orders right, and adding some extra bullets for when things got spicy, cramming it all into a pod, and doing it on time while fighting off the Time Reapers, who really, really don’t like supporting small businesses.Pizza Bandit ScreenshotsAnd that’s where the other part of the Overcooked/Gears of War marriage comes into play. See, the Time Reapers mean business, and you’re not going to talk them out of some time reaping. That’s their whole bag. The only solution, fellow bandit, is incredible violence. I’ve played several builds of Pizza Bandit at this point, and let me tell you, your arsenal is up to the task. You start with your choice of assau lt rifle, minigun, and sniper rifle, but the fun really begins when you start unlocking your secondary weapons by completing jobs. They start simple: landmines, grenades, that sort of thing, but once you unlock the disco ball that attracts enemies and gets them dancing before it explodes? Whew, buddy. And the sentry turret? Perfection. You could slice and dice them Time Reapers with a katana, but have you ever considered using a pizza slicer as big as a man? It’ll change your life.And the Time Reapers will force you to use everything in your arsenal. You got your standard guys who will just run at you, but there are also Time Reapers that’ll crawl around on all fours, Terminator-looking ones that will leap at you, giant ones with hammers, guys who throw fireballs, the works. You gotta prioritize.Pizza Bandit is at its best when you’re with a good team, calling out orders. A good match should be shouts of “We need a pepperoni pie!” and “I’m on the Coke!” and “I’m down!” interspersed with lots and lots of gunfire. Simple choices, like when to call down your own, once-a-mission rocket pod full of pizza and supplies, and more complex ones, like where to put it, spice things up, too. And here’s the thing: so far, I’ve just talked about Restaurant from Nowhere, which is only the first level. Pizza Bandit isn’t a one-trick pony. One of my favorite levels has you taking over a sushi joint and making sure you have the right stuff on the delivery turntable for your customers. Sometimes that means running downstairs and grabbing a big ol’ tuna, taking that bad boy upstairs, and chopping him up before the Time Reapers whack you and you drop him. Other times that means frying an egg, or making a cucumber roll. You gotta stay ahead of the curve, because new customers are prioritized over old ones, and the Time Reapers aren’t gonna sit there and wait for you to plate your masterpiece.Sometimes, you’re not even cooking food at all. Another favorite level, Wizard’s Tomb, has you exploring a magically booby-trapped tomb in search of a sarcophagus. You’ll have to navigate the tomb’s traps, solve basic puzzles to reveal the way forward, and take out the arcane heart powering the whole enterprise before getting to the sarcophagus itself, which you’ll naturally transport with jetpacks before booking it back to your ship. It isn’t enough to get any given job done; you gotta get home, too. Just another day in the life of a pizza bandit.Pizza Bandit is always ludicrous, and its inspirations are obvious, but it’s never less than fun.“There are more, of course: in one, you’ll defend a cabin with Dr. Emmert Brownewhile he invents the time travel device that makes your whole business profitable. Winning it all means keeping him warm, satiating his hunger with rabbit or venison, and stopping all those nasty Time Reaperswho are trying to stop time travel from happening. You’d think that the Time Reapers would understand time paradoxes, but I guess not. Can’t reap time if there’s no time to reap, y’all. Or maybe you’ll break into an enormous safe with a laser drill, like you’re roleplaying the opening scene of Michael Mann’s Thief with a drill that’s constantly exploding. That seems safe, right? But hey, apparently there’s a magical cookbook in that vault whose recipes can alter reality, and we’re being paid to get it, exploding drill or not. A Pizza Bandit always gets the job done. And there’s always time to do your best Breaking Bad impersonation and help a couple of guys cook some “magic powder” and hide it inside some chicken. Oh, and you have to kill and cook the chickens. Only fresh, never frozen, baby. Pizza Bandit is always ludicrous, and its inspirations are obvious, but it’s never less than fun.Between missions, it’s back to Pizza Bandit, where you can acquire and upgrade your weapons, decorate Pizza Bandit itself, use the ingredients you find during missions to bake and share a pie for some stat boosts on your next run, or get some spiffy new duds for your bounty hunter. The milk carton backpack is a classic choice, if I do say so myself, but I’m still saving up for one of the cat ones. The things we do for fashion, am I right? Then it’s right back to it. A bandit’s work is never done.Sometimes, you don’t know you want something until you get it. I didn’t know I wanted Pizza Bandit until the first time I played it at PAX two years ago. It was one of those games that generated a lot of word of mouth, but it’s one of those concepts that doesn’t seem like it’ll work until you get a controller in your hands and everything makes sense. I don’t know why we’ve never gotten something like Pizza Bandit before, but once I played it, I knew I wanted more. Pizza heals, bullets kill, and Pizza Bandit rocks. If Jofsoft can stick the landing, we’re in for a tasty slice of New York pie. #pizza #bandit #combines #gears #war

With each evolution of communication, marketing and sales tactics have changed. The rise of print media gave us print ads, radio gave us radio ads, and this trend continued with television, podcasts, etc. So what does this mean for the metaverse? Think immersive, interactive, and customizable. In this edition of the Metaverse Minute, we break down some applications of Unity that could be a window into the future of marketing and sales techniques. Let’s see if we can sell you on them.The challenge of convincing customers to buy increases with price, making big ticket items a harder sell. For this reason, we see experiential metaverse technologies empowering luxury items and travel to sell themselves.If the price is it had better be a good pitch! This is one of the reasons Virgin Galactic hired global innovation company Seymourpowell to design the world’s first commercial spaceship.Since design and development of the spaceship took place during the pandemic, virtual reality was critical to the project. A digital twin of the cabin was created so prototyping and production of the spaceship could stay on schedule.The usage of the digital twin didn’t end there. As Virgin Galactic began prepping for their marketing campaign they realized the best way to sell seats was to let people sit in them. The team from Seymourpowell converted the digital twin into an experience, and this sales tactic did not disappoint.Cars aren’t something that people typically buy more than one of, and once purchased they’re used for a long time before being replaced. This makes building a personal connection with customers a priority for automotive manufacturers. Visionaries 777 Ltd. created an experience for INFINITI that did just that.Customers start at an iPad station where they answer a set of personality questions and create a photo-based avatar of themselves. After choosing a setting, their avatars were placed next to a configured car that was best suited to their personality. Users picture themselves in their future car with a 360º camera, snapping a selfie.As a kid did you imagine your “dream house?” Remember how fun it was to try and visualize the space? Ordering kitchen cabinets and furniture as an adult is much more complicated. Taking the right measurements and working around physical boundaries adds a nice dose of reality to what you once thought of as a fun game of imagination. Virtual technologies have the potential to recapture the childhood experience of limitless creativity for homeowners once again. For this reason, we love what Volumiq and VOXBOX are doing.Imagine making that dream house plan once again and then converting it to a 3D blueprint with color and texture. Utopiq is working to make this possible. The team wants to simplify the process of home renovations into deciding on a shopping list, visualizing in 3D, and then placing your order.The VOX brand has created their own solution for the products their sales teams are using in their showrooms. Customers are bringing their home to the store. This makes recommending design decisions and products much easier and creates a compelling reason for purchases.Games offer a different, and sometimes more compelling, way for brands to build loyalty. Rather than being static, games offer an interactive way for marketers to engage with customers and give them an experience that sticks with them.This unique experience put together by Groove Jones demonstrates the power of Medtronic’s GI Genius™ and PillCam™ systems. The GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy module is the first-to-market, computer-aided polyp detection system powered by artificial intelligence. The PillCam™ COLON capsule endoscopy system enables direct visualization of the colon with a noninvasive capsule endoscopy procedure, supporting early detection of polyps. This game educates potential customers how AI-powered systems can improve the early detection of precancerous polyps along the lower digestive tract.In an era where anyone can order anything online, what differentiates one brand from another? Online shopping has put immense pressure on retailers to develop a competitive edge. This is why Mitchell Harvey of Deckers told us his team turned to real-time 3D for product rendering. “There are no limitations to what you can explore to communicate your brand and offer an unforgettable experience to your consumer.”The team from Smartpixels found the same thing when Church’s reached out to them to create a configurator for the 75th anniversary of their Consul shoe. If a product looks photorealistic online, you’re way more likely to buy it. If you’re able to customize a product to your tastes, that increases the likelihood of purchase even further. This held true as real-time 3D and photorealistic rendering allowed Church’s to make 35% more per purchase.Are you using Unity for sales and marketing?If you’re using Unity to get people excited about your products, give us a shout on Twitter.Follow Unity for Digital Twins on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. For more details on Unity for Digital Twins check out our recent demo or our new kickstarter package #metaverse #minute #sales #marketing #trends

The Unity for Humanity Summit is back for its third year on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Join us for a virtual celebration of real-time 3D creators using Unity to change the world – registration is free and open to all.This year’s Summit includes an inspiring keynote conversation with actor and activist Rosario Dawson, who will discuss her sustainable fashion and nonprofit work, why positivity breeds innovation, and how technology can bring us all together around the virtual fire.In addition, you can attend a wealth of sessions led by artists, game developers, educators, nonprofit leaders, activists, and other changemakers across the core themes of sustainability, education, health and wellbeing, and inclusivity. Here are just a few of the exciting sessions on the agenda:Players first: Accessibility insights for creators features Dave Evans, Jazmin Cano, and Lukáš Hosnedl in a conversation about prioritizing accessibility in game development and the future of accessible gaming.From imagining to creating better worlds in RT3D brings together visionary creators Binh Minh Herbst, Katerina Cizek, Kathryn Evans, and Tony Patrick to discuss the process of translating ambitious visions into real-world action and impact.Create with AR Live and Unity Essentials Live showcase hands-on tools and resources for getting started in Unity and developing mobile AR experiences, led by Unity Learn team members Joy Horvath and Thomas Winkley.Activate your players: Nudging sustainable behavior and driving engagement provides insight into how game developers Hunter Bulkeley, Sheila Ndungu, Jude Ower, Galina Fedulova, and Jens Isensee are driving sustainability and empowering players to protect the planet through their games.Leveraging digital twins for sustainability in the built environment spotlights how organizations across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors are using real-time 3D for positive impact, hosted by Dr. Max Mallia-Parfitt, Dr. Sarah Whateley, and Ursula Smolka.Crafting Heroes: Students building the future using HoloLens 2 with Deidre LaCour and Sean Wybrant takes you straight into the inspiring XR work students are creating.Check out the full schedule and register now.Conversations with Creators are unique opportunities to meet fellow creators, ask them your burning questions, and immerse yourself in their stories, projects, and practical advice. Topics for these live Q&A sessions include:Addressing the youth mental health crisis with Cleo Barnett, co-creative director of AmplifierImmersive storytelling and impact with Gone to Water team Cat Ross and Marin VeselyThe world of immersive theater with Ferryman Collective cofounders Deirdre V. Lyons and Stephen ButchkoUnity for Humanity technical support Q&A with Andy Ellis, software development consulting manager at UnityDigital health and wellbeing with Gabriel G. Torres, creator of Haus of DustAR-tivism with Damien McDuffie, creator of Black TerminusPersonal storytelling for impact with Ondřej Moravec, Hana Blaha Šilarová, and Robin Pultera of DarkeningApplications for the Unity for Humanity 2023 Grant will open during the Summit, and we’ll be sharing tips for applying for the available to bring your real-time 3D projects to life. Be sure to tune into the Unity for Humanity Grant Q&A session during the Summit to ask our program leads all of your questions, and sign up for the Social Impact mailing list to be notified of future grant announcements.Register now and join us at the Unity for Humanity Summit on November 2 to connect with social impact creators from across the globe and be part of the movement working towards a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable world. #learn #connect #celebrate #unity #humanity

close House passes bill targeting revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes Texas high school student Elliston Berry joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the House’s passage of a new bill that criminalizes the sharing of non-consensual intimate images, including content created with artificial intelligence. Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.IN TODAY'S NEWSLETTER:- Peek-a-boo, big tech sees you: Expert warns just 20 cloud images can make an AI deepfake video of your child- 5 AI terms you keep hearing and what they actually mean- AI to monitor NYC subway safety as crime concerns rise First Lady Melania Trump, joined by U.S. President Donald Trump, delivers remarks before President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The first lady made the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and NetworksAct a priority, traveling to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers and show her support for the legislation, which addresses non-consensual intimate imagery, or "revenge porn," and artificial intelligence deepfakes posted online and to social media. DEEPFAKE DANGERS: Parents love capturing their kids’ big moments, from first steps to birthday candles. But a new study out of the U.K. shows many of those treasured images may be scanned, analyzed and turned into data by cloud storage services, and nearly half of parents don’t even realize it.AI DECODED: Whether it's powering your phone’s autocorrect or helping someone create a new recipe with a few words, artificial intelligenceis everywhere right now. But if you're still nodding along when someone mentions "neural networks" or "generative AI," you're not alone. MTA New York City Subway logo is seen on a train at a station in New York City on July 13, 2024. BIG BROTHER TECH: New York City's subway system is testing artificial intelligence to boost security and reduce crime. Michael Kemper, a 33-year NYPD veteran and the chief security officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is the largest transit agency in the United States, is leading the rollout of AI software designed to spot suspicious behavior as it happens. WORLD CLASS: First lady Melania Trump is launching an audiobook of her memoir using artificial intelligenceaudio technology in multiple languages, Fox News Digital has learned. Melania Trump is launching an audiobook of her memoir using AI. EXTREME ROBODOG: What really sets the Lynx M20 apart is its use of advanced artificial intelligence. The robot is equipped with AI motion-control algorithms that allow it to autonomously perceive and adapt to its environment, adjusting its posture and gait to handle everything from rocky trails to debris-strewn ruins.PARENTS' NIGHTMARE: A Connecticut teen will stand trial Monday for the 2022 murder of a Fairfield Prep lacrosse player following a booze-fueled house party and a spat between students from different schools. Lynx M20.FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIASIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERSDOWNLOAD OUR APPSWATCH FOX NEWS ONLINEFox News GoSTREAM FOX NATIONFox NationStay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future with Fox News here. This article was written by Fox News staff. #fox #news #newsletter #expert #warns

NVIDIA's RTX 5060 GPUs have been causing blank/black screens, as has been reported by numerous users, for which NVIDIA has released a new firmware. Numerous RTX 5060/5060 Ti Black Screens Reports are Piling up; NVIDIA Releases UEFI Firmware Update, Which Works "Only" if Blank Screen Occurs on Reboot No RTX 50 series GPU has been spared from the black screen issue, and the RTX 5060 series is the latest victim. Reports of bricked RTX 5060 Ti are very common these days, and while the RTX 5060 is relatively new, the GPU will likely suffer the same fate. We have been seeing many reports emerging on social media and NVIDIA's forums about the issue, and it seems to be pretty complex. Some users have been unable to operate their systems normally since their systems crash or freeze on a black screen unexpectedly. Unlike what you would think is a result of intensive workloads, the black screen can occur at any point, regardless of what and how intensive the process is. In some cases, users aren't even able to reach the BIOS screen, which is bizarre. One of the very recent responses from one of NVIDIA's employees involved troubleshooting with multiple steps, but at the end of the day, if the problem doesn't get fixed, you will have to send the crash dump file to NVIDIA. Yesterday, NVIDIA released a new firmware in hopes of fixing the blank/black screen issue RTX 5060 series owners are facing. This is the GPU UEFI Firmware Update Tool v2.0, which aims to update the GPU firmware for users who are facing issues when they reboot their systems. NVIDIA says that this update should "only" be applied if the black screen occurs after the reboot, which essentially means that it is not a permanent fix for all users. Many have been unsuccessful in getting the boot, even the first time after installing the RTX 5060 Ti. Some have reported that the GPU doesn't work with the driver installed, and others have reported that they were successful in booting to the OS only in safe mode. In the release notes, NVIDIA also recommended a few steps in order to troubleshoot the problem as follows: Completely power down your system before booting Ensure you are using the latest SBIOS from your motherboard vendor Ensure you are in UEFI boot mode and not Legacy/CSM Boot using an alternate graphics sourceAfter powering on your system, wait for your operating system to load with the graphics driver installed It asks users not to use the Legacy/CSM boot mode, but if their motherboards don't support the UEFI boot mode, they will have to contact the customer service of their GPU manufacturer for a Legacy VBIOS update. Deal of the Day #nvidia #rolls #out #new #firmware

OpenAI is updating the AI model powering Operator, its AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and use certain software within a cloud-hosted virtual machine to fulfill users’ requests. Soon, Operator will use a model based on o3, one of the latest in OpenAI’s o series of “reasoning” models. Previously, Operator relied on a custom version of GPT-4o. By many benchmarks, o3 is a far more advanced model, particularly on tasks involving math and reasoning. “We are replacing the existing GPT‑4o-based model for Operator with a version based on OpenAI o3,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post. “The API versionwill remain based on 4o.” Operator is one among many agentic tools released by AI companies in recent months. Companies are racing to make highly sophisticated agents that can reliably carry out chores more or less without supervision. Google offers a “computer use” agent through its Gemini API that can similarly browse the web and take actions on behalf of users, as well as a more consumer-focused offering called Mariner. Anthropic’s models are also able to perform computer tasks, including opening files and navigating web pages. According to OpenAI, the new Operator model, called o3 Operator, was “fine-tuned with additional safety data for computer use,” including datasets designed to “teach the modeldecision boundaries on confirmations and refusals.” Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW OpenAI has released a technical report showing o3 Operator’s performance on specific safety evaluations. Compared to the GPT-4o Operator model, o3 Operator is less likely to refuse to perform “illicit” activities and search for sensitive personal data, and less susceptible to a form of AI attack known as prompt injection, per the technical report. “o3 Operator uses the same multi-layered approach to safety that we used for the 4o version of Operator,” OpenAI wrote in its blog post. “Although o3 Operator inherits o3’s coding capabilities, it does not have native access to a coding environment or terminal.” #openai #upgrades #model #powering #its