Episode Details

Nvidia's new DLSS 5 (Deep Learning Super Sampling 5) rendering technology uses AI to (theoretically) improve video game graphics. When it was announced, social media declared that it was "yassifying" video game characters, changing faces in a way game developers didn't intend. Linus Tech Tips' own Linus Sebastian and David Gauthier join guest host David Imel to break down the the hype and controversy.

Further reading:

• The Beats 360 are what I’d bring to the gym if I hated earbuds
• Peloton is back with a ‘cheaper’ folding treadmill
• Whoop and Peloton integration is finally here
• Xbox is barely Xbox anymore
• Apple’s first live music venue is opening beneath its UK headquarters
• Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained
• DLSS 5: Has Nvidia’s AI graphics technology gone too far?
• DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games

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