Saga Origins and Spirit Animation bring animated character Karl AI Agent to life

Saga Origins, a division of Saga, and Spirit Animation teamed up to bring the animated character Karl AI Agent to life. As one of the first animated characters to be transformed into an AI Agent, the strawberry superhero character Karl will now engage with fans in real time, delivering interactive storytelling and healthy lifestyle tips in an effor…Read More

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Saga Origins partners with GFAL to add AI-driven agents into game

Saga Origins is working with Web3 game startup GFAL (Games for a Living) to integrate AI-driven agents into the Diamond Dreams game.
VentureBeat - Mar. 14
Saga Origins unveils AI-powered gaming with agents, modding and sidekicks

Saga Origins debuted AI-powered gaming experiences as part of its Sidekick showcase at GDC 2025.
VentureBeat - 5d
Reporter's Notebook: "Animal spirits" and the stock market

When the market crashed earlier this week, a White House adviser said, "We're seeing a strong divergence between animal spirits of the stock market and what we're actually seeing unfold from ...
CBS News - Mar. 11
Minecraft's First Game Drop Of 2025 Brings Animal Variants And New Plants

Since September 2023, Minecraft has shifted its major update strategy to twice-annual "game drops" that add new mobs, blocks, and items to the game. With the latest Minecraft Live event, we now ...
GameSpot - 3d
The US economy is heading for recession

Donald Trump’s policy agenda is sapping American animal spirits
Financial Times - Mar. 9
Animal shelter helps pigeons to restore their reputation

An Oakland animal shelter is trying to help pigeons go from pests to pets. Itay Hod has the story.
CBS News - Mar. 15
'World's ugliest animal' is New Zealand's fish of the year

Known as the world's ugliest animal for its lumpy appearance, the blobfish makes a stunning comeback.
BBC News - 6d
One country is celebrating the 'world's ugliest animal'

The blobfish, a deep-sea creature that has been described as the world’s ugliest animal, was named New Zealand’s Fish of the Year.
NBC News - 6d
Yarnhub military history animator expands into gaming with community crowdfunding

Yarnhub Animation Studios gets 35 million views a month on YouTube for its military history animated videos. Now it's expanding into gaming.
VentureBeat - Mar. 10
WATCH: Baby animals make their debuts across America

From little eaglets hatching in California's Big Bear, to a baby giraffe making its long-awaited arrival in Denver, Colorado, animals are arriving across America ahead of spring.
ABC News - Mar. 10
Flow review – beguiling, Oscar-winning animation is the cat’s whiskers

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’s enchanting eco-fable about a lone moggy in a flooded world is a triumph of imagination over budget. Animation as a medium and fairytales as a subject have always ...
The Guardian - 2d
3/11: CBS Evening News Plus

Wall Street reacts to Trump's tariff flip-flopping with Canada; Reporter's Notebook: "Animal spirits" and the stock market
CBS News - Mar. 12
Halt Disney! Flow’s director, and fellow upstart animators, on a new era for the artform

At the Academy Awards last weekend, a little Latvian film scooped the prize for best animation. Here its creator Gints Zilbalodis, and other Oscar nominees of micro-budget films, discuss ...
The Guardian - Mar. 9
Arizona Supreme Court Taps AI Avatars to Deliver Its News

Daniel and Victoria are AI avatars that will bring the court’s news releases to life, even if they’re not real people.
Inc. - 6d
Animal poo can be used to save endangered species from extinction, research finds

Some cells are still alive within the dung, and could be used to boost genetic diversity in certain species. Turning animal poo into offspring sounds like a zoo keeper’s conjuring trick, but it ...
The Guardian - Mar. 16
Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year

Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest. It was once crowned the “world’s ugliest animal” and ...
The Guardian - Mar. 18
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Missed The Most Important Part Of Its Franchise: Friction

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is celebrating its 5-year anniversary today, March 20, 2025. Below, we reexamine how its unprecedented flexibility may have made the series less engaging by presenting ...
GameSpot - 5d
Sony testing AI to drive PlayStation characters

PlayStation characters may one day engage you in theoretically endless conversations, if a new internal technology video bares out.
VentureBeat - Mar. 11
March Madness mascots take center stage during NCAA men's and women's tournaments

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...
Yahoo Sports - Mar. 16
‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life

From watching classic samurai movies to rendering the unique way light falls on Japan’s mountainsides and modelling individual characters’ socks, Ubisoft has spared no effort recreating a ...
The Guardian - Mar. 17
Lessons from a Lost-Pet Detective Named Kat

Recovering missing animals requires understanding both animal and human behavior.
The New York Times - 1d
Lessons from a Lost-Pet Detective Named Kat

Recovering missing animals requires understanding both animal and human behavior.
The New York Times - 1d
Lovelace Studio uses AI to help players build survival craft sandbox worlds

Lovelace Studio is using generative AI to build Nyric, a tool that can help bring gaming worlds to life for player builders who work in harmony.
VentureBeat - Mar. 14
Eric Bauza Voices Bugs Bunny and More Looney Tunes Greats

Listen to the performer Eric Bauza voice the characters Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and more. His work appears in the new animated feature, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”
The New York Times - Mar. 12
Grab The Complete Castlevania Netflix Series On Blu-Ray For $40 This Week

Castlevania fans can get all four seasons of the original Netflix animated series for roughly $40 at Amazon during the retailer's Big Spring Sale . A box set containing Seasons 1 and 2 is ...
GameSpot - 1h
Karl-Anthony Towns reflects on resilience and service in "Note to Self"

In a heartfelt letter to his younger self, five-time NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns shares how his late mother's values shaped his life beyond basketball. The New York Knicks star opens up about ...
CBS News - Mar. 13
How To Get Auto-Petters In Fields Of Mistria: Animal Sprite Statues Guide

Fields of Mistria 's auto-petters are a new convenience that developer NPC Studio added in the farm sim's second major update . These automatically make all your farm critters happy--assuming ...
GameSpot - Mar. 11
Mexico City introduces ‘bloodless bullfighting’ in win for animal rights activists

Activists celebrate move, but note that ‘a bull event without violence does not mean one without suffering’. Mexico City’s congress has voted to ban traditional bullfights and replace them with ...
The Guardian - Mar. 18
Mexico City Bans Popular Sporting Event That Can Harm, Kill Animals

Yahoo News - 6d
Mexico City bans violent bullfights in bid to save animals, and tradition

Mexico City lawmakers overwhelmingly approve legislation to keep the bullfighting tradition alive, while also keeping the bulls alive.
CBS News - 6d
A tiger on a gurney? Peek inside Thailand's wild animal hospital

Yahoo News - 1d
What Are AI Agents? Here’s How They Can Help You Get Stuff Done

Agentic AI is a buzzy and powerful technology. Let’s break down what AI agents are, and how they can be useful.
Inc. - 4d
Panthers reportedly interested in bringing back this free agent for 2025 season . . .

According to Joe Person of The Athletic, the Panthers are interested in bringing back this free-agent defender . . .
Yahoo Sports - 3d
OpenAI’s New Developer Tools Make Building AI Agents Easy

Here’s how one company is already using the tools designed to help businesses create helpful AI agents.
Inc. - Mar. 14
What you need to know about Manus, the new AI agentic system from China hailed as a second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Manus AI is designed as a multi-agent system, meaning it combines several AI models to handle tasks independently.
VentureBeat - Mar. 10
ServiceNow expands AI offerings with pre-built agents, targeting broader enterprise adoption

ServiceNow has upgraded its AI agent offerings as it seeks it sto double down on investing in AI for enterprises.
VentureBeat - Mar. 12
Enhancing AI agents with long-term memory: Insights into LangMem SDK, Memobase and the A-MEM Framework

AI agents can forget instructions. Methods to improve memory retention will make agents more powerful and useful.
VentureBeat - Mar. 5
Jack Black Was Supposed To Play An Entirely Different Character In A Minecraft Movie

Jack Black stars in A Minecraft Movie as Steve, but he wasn't originally going to play that part. Mojang senior director of original content, Torfi Frans Olafsson, said in an interview that Black ...
GameSpot - 5d
Nunu.ai raises $6M for AI agents dubbed ‘unembodied minds’ for game testing

Nunu.ai has raised $6 million and unveiled Unembodied Minds, or AI agents designed for game testing and to control any given body as needed.
VentureBeat - Mar. 12