On the night of January 6, 1982, a passenger on a plane flying over the Colorado Mountains spotted headlights blinking an SOS signal. He alerted the pilots, who radioed the location to the police. Rescuers launched a large operation and found Alan Lee Phillips stranded in a snowdrift during a severe snowstorm, with temperatures as low as -22°F. Without the passenger’s alert, Alan likely wouldn’t have survived the night. For 40 years, Alan’s rescue was seen as miraculous—until DNA linked him to the cold case murders of two women, Barbara Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Kay Schnee, who vanished the same night in Breckenridge, Colorado. The two women were later found shot to death. A key clue was Annette’s orange sock, which matched one found near Barbara Jo’s body, confirming they had been killed by the same person. The most haunting photos ever taken:

Epic Games is exploring new AI tools to help make its games, including in the art department. Fortnite manager Stephanie Arnette shared this at Gamescom Latam and explained that Epic is testing AI to support its games because many workers worry it will take their jobs, but they claim that want to make teams work faster and easier, not to replace people. Remember that Epic cut more than 1,000 jobs recently to save money. She added that Epic keeps full control over AI in Fortnite, so outside partners cannot use their own AI tools without approval. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said earlier that AI will be part of almost every new game, so special labels like "Made with AI" are not needed, and the company already has an AI tool called Developer Assistant to help with Unreal Engine and Fortnite Creative.

Fortnite players are calling for AI labels on skins after Epic Games shared a video showing how generative AI is used in its concept art process. According to the video, artists first come up with ideas themselves, then use internal AI tools to quickly create rough renders before repainting and refining the results by hand. Epic says artists remain in control and that AI is meant to speed up the process, not replace people. Players have accused Epic for months of using AI-generated artwork in Fortnite Chapter 7 claiming certain posters and sprays showed signs of AI-generated mistakes. Earlier this year, Fortnite senior external development manager Stephanie Arnette said Epic’s goal with AI is “to make us more efficient.”