Brandon Riffe

🎉 Jellyfish AI Impact now supports Windsurf, a leader in AI-powered coding solutions, offering tools like the Windsurf Editor that blend collaborative, continuous AI assistance with developers' workflows. Together, Windsurf and Jellyfish are changing how AI and humans work together.  Through our robust integration with Windsurf, Jellyfish AI Impact allows joint customers to:  🤖 Measure Windsurf’s impact on overall developer productivity: Analyze how Windsurf solutions like Windsurf Editor impact different engineering workflows and use cases – whether it's building new features, reducing technical debt, or reviewing for code quality and security improvements. 📈 Scale Windsurf adoption across the organization: Identify teams with high engagement to further accelerate development, automate testing, and streamline deployment, then replicate these best practices and implementation strategies company-wide. Learn more about what this integration means for your engineering organization here: https://lnkd.in/ghNguE47

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If you're a designer interested in prototyping using AI, but are unsure how to get started, Adobe Design Prototyping manager CJ Gammon just released a new article on adobe.design that might just help you out. In it, he shares a few excellent tips and tricks on how to successfully prototype using AI tools, based on real experience in how designers at Adobe are using AI-based prototyping today. https://lnkd.in/guytfQwv

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We've been implementing Neural Texture compression in #Assassinscreedmirage. The overall benefit results in better quality textures for less GPU memory usage (links in the first comment). If you followed the topic since our GDC2024 presentation ,this a very practical application of La Forge's mission to bridge the academic world with Ubisoft. #ubisoft #ubisoftlaforge #innovation 👇 "If you've been thinking, like I have, that we're still some way off seeing AI being used in games for more than just upscaling or frame generation, then it's time to think again" (...) "Enter stage left, neural texture compression to cut down on that memory demand. Given the state of the DRAM and SSD market right now, you can bet your last dollar that a whole heap of game developers will be looking closely at what Ubisoft has done to see if it can help out in their games, too"

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The Wall Street Journal piece reads less like an industry analysis and more like a damage report. Veteran animators, sound designers, writers, production managers, and small business owners all tell the same story: Work didn’t just slow down, it vanished. Since 2022, Los Angeles has lost tens of thousands of entertainment jobs. Production hours are down sharply. Entire support ecosystems, from caterers to cookie shops, have collapsed alongside the shows they once served. This wasn’t caused by a lack of talent or ambition, it was caused by math. For years, Hollywood’s studios chased streaming scale, burning cash while assuming production volume would eventually stabilize. When investors flipped the switch from “growth” to “profitability,” spending dropped hard. Fewer shows were greenlit. Budgets tightened. When executives looked at where to cut costs, Los Angeles immediately lost. L.A. is expensive. Its tax credits were smaller, slower, and more restrictive than competitors. Meanwhile, the rest of the world made a clean offer. Georgia. Canada. The U.K. Eastern Europe. Simple, aggressive rebates with fewer strings attached. Capital followed incentives. Once production leaves, it rarely comes back at scale. Creative density breaks. Careers fragment. The middle class that sustained Hollywood for decades dissolves. Even James Cameron, one of the most successful filmmakers in history, is openly acknowledging the structural collapse. Hollywood is fighting three forces at once: shrinking theatrical demand, streaming economics that don’t justify excess production, and global competition that outbid Los Angeles on cost. Prestige can’t fix that. History can’t fix that. Hard to see. Born and raised in LA. I'm literally posting this in Hollywood...

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Don't let an ongoing review cycle burn you out. With up to 52% faster time-to-result in 3D #rendering, the #IntelXeon W processor is built to help product designers, architects, digital artists, and more bring ideas to life faster and more efficiently. In collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, we're optimizing the leading CPU-based rendering tools to refine results and help maximize designers' time and resources. Discover how at https://intel.ly/43GJcon #3Dexperience #3Dexcite​

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Two years ago idPair was the first company selected by GuardDog, Underdog’s responsible gaming innovation fund, with the intent of utilizing their technology to create meaningful partnerships that advance safer play. This 50-state rollout is proof of concept of that intent and further establishes that collaboration on safety and protection is critical for our entire industry. Technology and companies that are willing to lead can both further and simplify player protection. Very proud to play a role in this critical program. https://lnkd.in/eQ8gUEgE

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For over 60 years I’ve been obsessed with the sound of the bass guitar—studying it, engineering it, and living it. Yet today the internet is flooded with misinformation, marketing hype, and half-truths about bass strings. So I decided to write a clear, scientific, and comprehensive document that cuts through the BS and explains exactly what is really happening. This paper is for musicians who want truth, not mythology—so they can finally understand how bass strings actually work. https://lnkd.in/guWPefu2

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🚀 AI-First Design: The UX Revolution We Can’t Ignore! Mobile-first changed the game. AI-first is rewriting the rules. Greg Nudelman, Distinguished Designer at Sumo Logic, breaks down how AI-first products go beyond co-pilots to create truly intelligent, self-sufficient experiences. From r1 Rabbit hype to Alexa’s struggles, AI-native design is the next frontier. Can we get it right? 🤔 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/d5uU-QA2 #AIinUX #AI #FutureofDesign #HumanComputerInteraction #TechTrends #UXDesign

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