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Microsoft to integrate AI into games
The tech giant showcased its artificial intelligence feature within Minecraft
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Meta loses another $3.8 billion on VR/AR
Overall company's revenues and profits surge, but stock dips on plans to increase AI spending
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Ubisoft: "If there is no value in gen AI for creatives, it is not going to be adopted"
We speak to the team behind Ubisoft's NEO NPCs on the potential and challenges around player-facing gen AI
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Xbox forms new game preservation and platforms teams, moves AI division under hardware
Amid the organisational changes, long-serving exec Kareem Choudhry departs after 26 years
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AI's biggest triumphs are not AI | This Week in Business
Among Us VR and Candy Crush Saga are billed as success stories for the latest trend, but they don't necessarily belong under the AI umbrella
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Lil Snack secures $3m in funding
The investment will go towards the development of the AI-powered pop culture trivia platform
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GDC 2024, PS5 Pro, and Ubisoft's AI NPCs | GI Microcast
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Roblox unveils new AI-powered creation tools | News-in-brief
Players and developers can access the Avatar Auto Setup and Texture Generator tool
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Ubisoft debuts NEO NPC AI prototypes | GDC 2024
Three tech demos were shown to media behind-closed-doors
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Xbox: AI's influence and future are unwritten
At DICE 2024, Xbox's Haiyan Zhang discussed the use of artificial intelligence
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Square Enix confirms Foamstars uses AI-generated assets
Publisher confirms that Midjourney was used to create in-game album art
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AI voice acting and too many games | Microcast
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AI, online platform regulation and loot boxes: Legal trends to watch in 2024
Dr Andreas Lober reflects on his 2023 predictions and looks at the year ahead to discuss how legislation could impact games companies
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Steam's revised policy to allow "the vast majority of games" using AI
Valve details new rules on AI, with developers now required to disclose how tech is used in their titles
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SAG-AFTRA and Replica Studios pen AI voice agreement
Contract says that licensed voices can be used in game development, establishing fair employment for actors
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New Square Enix president pledges "aggressive" AI push in 2024
Further blockchain and cloud investments also in the works
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ZeniMax strikes tentative deal with union on AI
Microsoft subsidiary commits to AI uses that "enhance worker productivity, growth and satisfaction without causing workers harm"
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CWA issues union guidelines for AI in the workplace
The principles provides guidance on bargaining and public policy engagement for the technology
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Bandai Namco denies using AI in the latest Naruto title
The publisher refuted the claims soon after users shared concerns online about dialogue in the brawler
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Genvid denies using AI to write Silent Hill: Ascension
CEO Jacob Navok says "zero [words] are authored by LLMs or AI" following allegations from players
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Unity's push for "responsibly sourced" AI tools
Marc Whitten tells us more about the engine provider's ongoing AI efforts as the company dates new products Muse and Sentis
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Microsoft and Inworld team up to create AI game dev tools
Xbox says the new multi-year partnership intends to make game-making easier
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SIE acquires AI company iSize | News-in-brief
The UK-based firm specialises in machine learning for video processing, Sony says it will "benefit a range of [its] R&D efforts as well as [its] video and streaming services"
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Embark Studios says that The Finals uses recorded voice and AI work
The developer emphasizes that making games without actors is not an end goal
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Inworld AI names advisory board
Early EA exec Bing Gordon, Google VP of AI Danny Lange, ex-Disney exec Jon Snoddy, and Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson sign on with AI NPC start-up