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1 day agoStreamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot
A popular streamer allegedly assaulted and permanently damaged Jake the Rizzbot, prompting Social Robotics to file a $1 million lawsuit.
The American grandmaster won several championships and amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube, Twitch and other platforms, where he would livestream matches and explain strategy in real time. But he also struggled with the cyberspace he helped build. High-speed games became wildly popular online during the pandemic, creating a chess community that was soon rife with cheating allegations as players gained access to sophisticated computer programs that could give them an unfair advantage.