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The popular streamer Ninja has blasted the new Fortnite season after the new vehicle format was released.
“Wrecked” was the given title for Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3, released on May 24, as a new way to play the game was introduced. Using a vehicle, players are tasked to destroy competitors, but the new mode has caused an uproar sparking fury from one the world’s biggest Fortnite steamers.
Nija, real name Tyler Blevins, did not hold back with his opinion, firing strong words at those who have reveled in the new setting:
“This season is absolutely dog f*****g water. If I was a 5-year-old that (sic) still loved cool cars, I would be having the time of my life. I’m a 32-year-old, grown man who likes to shoot things in video games. Now I have to drive a vehicle around and pray that I run into people that have a worse vehicle than me,” said Ninja who revealed his skin cancer diagnosis in March this year.

Even Ninja is too sweaty for this season pic.twitter.com/fkbNZDoXab
— Fortnite Comp Report (@FNcompReport) May 25, 2024

Reaction to Ninja’s Fortnite rant
The sentiment expressed by Ninja was shared by many within the gaming community as fans demanded vehicle nerfs, while Season 3 witnessed a player count fall of three million.
As usual, there were plenty of opinions shared on social media, but many X users came forward to slate his criticism, including the official Dignitas Fortnite account who fired a rebuke his way.
Some argued Ninja’s own gameplay has developed since Chapter 1 and that he is just reluctant to accept the fresh changes.
“All that complaining when he could just be adapting,” said one X user making a clear point. 
Even with the Ninja-inspired headlines, Epic Games remains unmoved. At the time of writing, no changes or amendments have been made to Chapter 5 Season 3.
The new phase is still in its fledgling stage and some form of update is plausible, it remains to be seen if there will be any significant changes made to the format.
Image credit: Fortnite/X 
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AI tutor apps, particularly from China, are changing how students in the U.S. study by providing affordable and personalized assistance, as reported by TechCrunch.
SensorTower data shows that Question AI, a China-based app, has been downloaded six million times in the U.S. since its 2023 launch, while Gauth, launched by ByteDance in 2019, has seen 12 million installs. Question AI was reportedly developed by the creators of Zuoyebang, a widely used Chinese homework app that has secured approximately $3 billion in funding over the last ten years.
Job for AI tutor app Gauth is advertised on TikTok parent company ByteDance’s website. Credit: ByteDance
One key to the success of these AI tutor apps has been linked to their cost-effectiveness. The expense of one month of traditional tutoring could cover a year’s subscription to an AI app, according to the report.
The presence of Chinese homework apps in the U.S. market is partly due to a strategic pivot after China’s 2021 crackdown on its own tutoring industry. Many providers have shifted focus to international markets, especially the U.S., using Singapore-based entities to offer services like Question AI and Gauth.
The debate over AI’s role in education continues, but the appeal of these apps in the United States is said to be driven by their affordability and personalized approaches to teaching. Notably, a quarter of the top 20 education apps in the U.S. App Store now use AI to provide instant homework assistance.
Despite their popularity, there is resistance. Several US public school districts have tried to block access to AI platforms like ChatGPT, though enforcing such bans outside school remains challenging, as noted by TechCrunch.
AI in education
In the U.K., a survey found more than half of undergraduate students were turning to AI to complete their studies.
In a poll for the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), 1000 students were questioned if they used AI applications for work they would be marked on. The findings revealed 53 per cent deployed AI for assessments with 25 per cent using the likes of Google Bard and ChatGPT for suggestions.
According to a Tyton Partners report, nearly half of college students in the U.S. are already using AI educational apps. GenAI writing tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini (formerly known as Bard), Microsoft Bing Chat, or Meta Llama 2, were among a handful of applications being used by students.
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