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How Disney Imagineering built an Olaf robot, set to arrive at Disneyland Paris this month, and taught it to move via reinforcement learning and simulation (Jacob Krol/TechRadar)

Jacob Krol / TechRadar:
How Disney Imagineering built an Olaf robot, set to arrive at Disneyland Paris this month, and taught it to move via reinforcement learning and simulation  —  The next-gen robot arrives at Disneyland Paris this month  —  It's been less than five months since Walt Disney Imagineering showed off …

The Sekiro anime looks gorgeous, gory in new trailer from Crunchyroll

Sekiro: No Defeat is the anime version of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The Crunchyroll series looks like it's carving out its own style in a new trailer

Witch Hat Atelier review: The perfect fantasy anime to get over your Frieren blues

Coco's journey is the start of something beautiful. Read out review of the Witch Hat Atelier anime.

In an all-hands meeting, Fidji Simo described plans to shift OpenAI's strategy around coding and business users, urging staff to avoid "side quests" (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
In an all-hands meeting, Fidji Simo described plans to shift OpenAI's strategy around coding and business users, urging staff to avoid “side quests”  —  A top leader urges staff not to be distracted by ‘side quests’ as the company plans shift of resources to coding, enterprise businesses

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