Valve has released Proton 11.0-2, and while the version number looks about as exciting as a BIOS update, SteamOS and Linux gamers have plenty of reasons to care. The latest stable Proton release fixes dozens of compatibility issues across Windows games, including Helldivers 2, Marvel Rivals, Arc Raiders and Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6.
Several fairly big games get particularly useful fixes. Helldivers 2 should launch again after a recent game update broke compatibility, while Marvel Rivals gets a fix for crashes and Arc Raiders is playable again for some users. Diablo IV and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain also receive fixes after recent updates caused compatibility problems.
The Forza Horizon series also gets some love. Proton 11.0-2 fixes black-screen problems affecting Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 on recent SteamOS versions, while Forza Horizon 6 also gets a fix for automatically closing after the system is suspended and resumed. That’s particularly handy for handheld users who treat sleep mode like a perfectly normal way to pause a game.
Proton 11.0-2 isn’t just fixing individual games. Valve has also squashed some bugs introduced in earlier Proton versions, including performance problems in Terraria and Exanima, ray-tracing issues in Crysis 2 Remastered, and launch problems in Borderlands GOTY Enhanced. Nine more games have also been added to the list of titles that Proton officially supports.
Behind the scenes, Valve has also updated several of Proton’s building blocks to improve how Windows games run on Linux. One of those updates, FEX, is particularly interesting for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame, as it helps ARM-based hardware run games originally designed for x86 PCs. For regular Steam Deck users, though, the takeaway is much simpler: if a game was broken yesterday, there’s a decent chance Valve just made it work today.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.
AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic's Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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