Iranian security forces launched a campaign to arrest reformist figures, widening a crackdown on dissent following violent nationwide protests, according to reports released Monday. Simultaneously, several other significant developments emerged, including an advocacy group accusing the FCC of withholding information, Riot Games reducing staff on its new fighting game, Discord implementing age verification measures, and Nvidia releasing a new AI system for robots.
The crackdown in Iran, as reported by The Associated Press via NPR Politics, comes after authorities suppressed nationwide protests, resulting in thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of detentions. The arrests target figures within the country's reformist movement.
In other news, an advocacy group is seeking discovery to collect documents from the FCC, alleging the agency wrongfully kept information private regarding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Verge reported that the group's efforts follow a year-long investigation involving nearly 2,000 pages of documents.
Riot Games is reducing the team working on its recently-released free-to-play fighting game, 2XKO, according to executive producer Tom Cannon, as reported by The Verge. The game, set in the League of Legends universe, launched in early access on PC in October and hit consoles recently.
Discord announced that all users will soon be required to verify their ages to access adult content, a move that has drawn backlash. Users will need to share video selfies or upload government IDs, according to Ars Technica. Discord stated it will use AI technology to verify ages, either by evaluating facial structure or comparing selfies to IDs. The company emphasized that selfie data will remain on the user's device and both forms of data will be deleted after age estimation. The global rollout is scheduled to begin in early March.
Nvidia released DreamDojo, a new AI system designed to teach robots how to interact with the physical world by watching tens of thousands of hours of human video, VentureBeat reported. The research, involving collaborators from UC Berkeley, Stanford, and the University of Texas at Austin, introduces "the first robot world model of its kind that demonstrates strong generalization to diverse objects and environments after post-training," according to the researchers.
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