Early October Links, News, and Pumpkin Spice

It's October! If you haven't put your Halloween decor out yet, do so! If you haven't sipped a beverage with a hint of pumpkin spice, grab one! Watch the leaves fall, enjoy the weather getting cooler (but not too cool), and get ready for some assorted news of interest as we get this month going right!The abilities of AIs to mash up various gaming concepts have been getting lots of attention, thanks to advanced tech and wild processing power advancements as of late. "Let's put Spider-Man in a Batman game with AI coding," could be one example that produces results that are wonky and don't exactly make a, "Real," game with much of any creativity involved, but is an interesting tech demo. These new IP mash-ups also definitely make for a headache for gaming companies and show the power of this tech to do in minutes what could take humans fiddling with the stuff a lot longer. I continue to be quite wary of unregulated AI, but I see how it can help with certain things.I previously discussed…