Carmack believes AGI will hit the market in less than a decade. enabling AIs to interact socially with each other—or with actual people.
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John Carmack [Video still from his 2019 VR Awards Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech/Twitter]
Legendary Dallas Innovator John Carmack Raises $20M for Artificial General Intelligence Startup Keen Technologies
by Kevin Cummings | Dec 16, 2022
Carmack—the former CTO of VR giant Oculus—has taken goggle-gazing to the next level, programmed Doom and Quake, and founded a Mesquite-based space tourism startup. Now he's on a mission he says "could change the course of human history": artificial general intelligence. Keen's focus on AGI could lead to "something that behaves like a human being or like a living creature, and that can then be educated in whatever ways that we need to," he says.
Carmack believes AGI will hit the market in less than a decade. enabling AIs to interact socially with each other—or with actual people.
Carmack believes AGI will hit the market in less than a decade. enabling AIs to interact socially with each other—or with actual people.
by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 15, 2022
The 27,500-square-foot new HQ—in partnership with UT Dallas—anchors Richardson's 1,200-acre Innovation Quarter. A masterwork of vision planning years in the making, it's a catalyst to spark innovation and nuture collaborations—and attract hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses. Six new UT Dallas research centers will initially launch at the IQ HQ, helping to build businesses and commercialize research coming from the nearby university.
“We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said at the event. "And the vision that we have here is that we will be a global influencer of technology and innovation."
“We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said at the event. "And the vision that we have here is that we will be a global influencer of technology and innovation."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 12, 2022
The city is requesting developer proposals for a high-density, transit-oriented development at DART’s Arapaho Center Station. It will act as a large connector and entry point for The IQ—a sprawling district focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 31, 2022
Nexperia, a Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer, is opening a new design center in Richardson—its first R&D operation in North America—with plans to rapidly grow its local workforce. The new DFW operations will add to the other five R&D facilities Nexperia operates in Europe, China, and Malaysia.
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‘Masters of Doom’ Lands a TV Pilot Produced by the Franco Brothers
by Natalie Le | Jul 11, 2019
The story of "Doom"—one of the most influential video games of all time—was developed out of Dallas in 1991, and may make its way to TV screens.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 26, 2018
Gartner has announced the top tech trends for 2018. Here’s a quick glance at the Dallas-Fort Worth companies leading the charge in each arena.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 1, 2017
North Texas has played a major role in the gaming industry for more than two decades. Here's a roundup of Dallas Innovates' esports and gaming news in the region —and a bit of history to get you started.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Dec 7, 2016
ForwardXP will create interactive, immersive experiences for both virtual and augmented realities.
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The “ScaleBearer” from Quake Champions. [Illustration: Bethesda Softworks]
QuakeCon Shows Off New Quake, More Doom, Other Surprises
by Eric David | Aug 8, 2016
There were plenty of things at Quakecon for gamers to get excited about, including demos of upcoming games and previews of upcoming releases.
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by Eric David |
Aug 1, 2016
For more than 20 years, fans have been gathering for the annual gaming expo in Dallas.
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by Eric David |
Jun 16, 2016
The event celebrates all things gaming, ranging from the hottest new games to obscure retro classics only the most hardcore fans would recognize.
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