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Grand Theft Auto Six is generating buzz for all the right and wrong reasons. Rockstar Games has released an extended look at the highly anticipated title, giving fans a closer glimpse at what the developer has been building. But scammers are already exploiting that excitement, with fake demo sites circulating online that deliver malware directly to your machine. Rockstar has made nothing playable available to the public, so if a site is offering you an early taste, it is offering you something far worse.
Shifting to the world of artificial intelligence and open source software, Bitcoin privacy wallet Sparrow has pushed out version two point five point four, and the story behind it is worth noting. Developer Craig Raw acknowledged that an AI-assisted code review generated most of the fixes in this release. Crucially, none of the flagged issues appeared likely to put users' funds at risk, but it raises a real question about how much we should trust automated tools when the stakes involve people's money.
And in a quieter corner of gaming history, James Pond creator Chris Sorrell is publicly criticizing a legacy collection of his classic series, alleging the release was assembled with AI-generated assets and without any genuine care for the original work. Sorrell said the developers lack, in his words, a scrap of respect for the series. It is a reminder that nostalgia can be exploited just as easily as excitement.
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