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MLB The Show 23 hasn't had an update in a bit now because Update 13 was delayed from its usual release. However, the developers at San Diego Studios are making good on that delay by rolling Update 13 into Update 14, which is set to launch tomorrow. The update isn't as substantial as some of them have been in the past, but it does fix several pesky issues that have been plaguing specific modes, while also finally giving Jackson Holliday an updated face model. Holliday's new face model might not seem like a big deal, but as one of the hottest prospects in the minors, he has a real chance to make his debut in the majors later this season. Outside of his big change, Diamond Dynasty players will also be happy to see that SDS has addressed the pitcher energy problem two-way players were having, making it function properly. The devs have also fixed a bug that was letting users add duplicate players to their squad. It's not all in Diamond Dynasty though. MLB The Show 23 is also getting 65 new props for the Stadium Creator that all fit into the Dino Island theme. Speaking of creating stadiums, those will no longer be usable during PlayStation 5 tournaments, which is great news for competitive players. Update 14 hits MLB The Show 23 on August 8. Below, you can find the full patch notes. NOTE: Game update 13 has been merged into this update 1.14. GENERAL In an update later in the week, Jackson Holliday will be given a brand-new face model. DIAMOND DYNASTY Pitcher energy for two-way players will now function properly when they enter a game from the bullpen. Fixed a bug which allowed users to swap to a different squad during the matchmaking process using the companion app or website. Fixed an issue which allowed duplicate players to be added to a squad in the Manage Squad screen. ONLINE HEAD-TO-HEAD Fixed multiple variations of freezes that were seen in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3. STADIUM CREATOR Added over 65 new props as part of the Dino Island theme. PS5 TOURNAMENTS Lineup changes made during the last screen before loading into a game will now be accurately reflected once the game starts. Created Stadiums are no longer eligible. MISCELLANEOUS Various presentation and commentary updates. DEVELOPER NOTES There are no gameplay or live content balance changes at this time. 0 comments Related: New MLB The Show 23 Update Live on All Platforms, Patch Notes Revealed MLB The Show 23 Second Roster Update Shakes Up The Diamond MLB The Show 23 Review: One of the Best Outings in Years MLB The Show 23 Players Are Creating Monstrosties in Character Creator

If you follow any , you may have recently seen them railing against a platform called Prosecraft, a website that creator Benji Smith claimed was “dedicated to the linguistic analysis of literature, including more than 25,000 books by thousands of different authors.” What that basically meant was that Smith had created a database of book that could tell you all sorts of information based on the “vividness” of its language and the total amount of words in it. What meant was that Smith had apparently fed 25,000 books into a database without the knowledge or consent of the original authors, allowing the text to be cataloged and analyzed and broken down into parts, treating the work less like art and more like… carburetors. (No offense to carburetors.) A version of Prosecraft has been around for years, but this week an enormous backlash swelled up against the site after authors began to notice the staggering amount of data— data—that Smith had fed into it, seemingly training an algorithm to recognize their work and they kind of language they use so it could pick out the “most vivid” passages and compare them other books. author and counted 20 Stephen King Books, 20 Jodi Picoult books, and plenty of other things, and author Hari Kunzru noticed that Prosecraft was not only taking books without permission but , asking for authors or publishers to get in touch to have their books included (as if the site wasn’t doing that already anyway). But it only took one day of pissing off the entire literary community for Benji Smith to back down and , but seems to have raised a lot more red flags than it lowered. In it, Smith explained that he launched Prosecraft to help him write a memoir, figuring that the first step to writing a book was determining how many words are in most books. So he started making a spreadsheet, making a point to say how “precious” it was to him, and from there he expanded to tracking the kinds of words in a book to chart the “emotional ups and downs of any story,” and when he ran out of books he owned, he “used web crawlers to find more books” on the internet. Smith doesn’t really elaborate on that, but 25,000 books is a lot of books, and most books aren’t uploaded in the entirety on the internet by the author or publisher for free, but Smith said that he figured he was “honoring the spirit of the Fair Use doctrine” by only including “snippets” of the text” and his statistics. And since he wasn’t sharing the text of these books with anyone, just his Prosecraft system, he “believed” he was “in compliance with the relevant laws.” Finally, the last few paragraphs of a post with dozens of paragraphs, Smith says “I hear your objections” to “the community of authors,” adding, “I hope you’ll accept my sincerest apologies.” He closes his post by saying that he wants to someday “rebuild this library with the consent of authors and publishers,” which writers on social media have taken as an implication that he has not actually deleted his database of books, meaning the data could still be used to hypothetically train A.I. programs to churn out phony books with the same number of words and “vividness” of real writers. This may seem like a niche situation that impacts one community, but it’s just going to get worse until we as a society stop people and companies from doing stupid shit like this to art and culture. If not, it’s just a matter of time before every movie is a regurgitated series of “vivid” scenes from other movies written by an A.I. “writer” and starring A.I. “actors,” every book is just a repeat of the same plot points from other book, and every news article is just based around a list of words that people like to click on.

LOS ANGELES -- Kylie Minogue has taken the world by storm with her smash hit "Padam Padam" and will soon be headlining an exclusive U.S. residency in Las Vegas, NV. Part intimate club and part non-stop entertainment venue, the Voltaire at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas will debut as a new nightlife destination, where audiences will experience an intimate and luxurious space. In an interview provided by The Venetian, Minogue described Voltaire as "a couture venue. It's all brand new. It's all done with a lot of intention for the experience of us as performers, but for everyone who comes to experience the night." "My friends and my family, they're so excited about this show as an excuse to come to Vegas. I think a lot of Vegas stories begin with an excuse. 'We're going for a wedding, or we're going for this, or we're going for that show!' And inevitably, that leads to many other things," she grinned. She compared the venue to "a two-way road," where she could "deliver fun" in the "dreamlike space" for her fans, while also being able to experience that herself. Minogue has sold over 80 million records worldwide, and fans eagerly await the release of her much-anticipated album "Tension" in September. Minogue will perform at the Voltaire on select dates between November 2023 and January 2024. General admission and reserved tables for the show go on sale Wednesday, August 9.