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Nintendo has launched an aggressive legal campaign against the open-source modding community, filing a DMCA takedown that wiped out one hundred forty four GitHub repositories hosting Switch modchip firmware. Targets included popular hardware like Picofly and SX Core, signaling that Nintendo's tolerance for modification culture has effectively reached zero.
Meanwhile, Eric Schmidt is suggesting the AI industry has a messaging problem. The former Google CEO told Axios that companies have failed to convince the American public that artificial intelligence is a net benefit, particularly around the controversial data centers powering these systems. Critics, however, say the problem isn't the PR — it's the product itself.
And in semiconductor news, a startup called Cognichip says its AI-assisted design platform can compress chip development timelines from months down to days. The company's Artificial Chip Intelligence models are targeting the notoriously slow and labor-intensive process of electronic design automation, which could have significant implications for how quickly next-generation hardware reaches consumers.
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