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AI News Digest - March 30, 2026

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Anthropic Study: AI Assistance Hinders Skill Mastery in Junior Developers

A randomized controlled trial by Anthropic revealed that junior engineers using AI assistance to learn a new library scored 17% lower on mastery quizzes, particularly in debugging, without achieving significant speed improvements, leading to a "supervision paradox."

Sources: Hacker News

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Epic Games CEO Predicts AI Will Empower Small Teams to Create AAA-Quality Games

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney claimed that artificial intelligence will soon empower small teams to develop video games with the quality and scope comparable to major titles like Nintendo's Breath of the Wild, highlighting AI's potential to revolutionize game development.

Sources: Hacker News

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