A look at EA's attempts to shut down “anti-DEI” mods for The Sims 4, including one that changes LGBT and Black NPCs to straight and white
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning. X: @msbowsetteplays X: @msbowsetteplays : This makes me so i...
In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth says Meta's Reality Labs beat nearly all its sales and user targets for 2024, growing sales “>40% YoY overall”
He did NOT say Meta grew sales “>40% YoY” BTW. — He actually says “growing *RL sales* >40% YoY”. — I.E., VR/XR sales in stores. Which isn't impressive if (as likely) 2023 was slow for retail. … X...
Nvidia updates its Autonomous Game Characters with small language models, saying the NPCs can “perceive, plan, and act like human players” in games like PUBG
essentially, it seems like you can duo with an AI and ask them, using your voice, to help you find loot and even fend off opponents. — It's an interesting idea, though I'm a little skeptical — www...
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
nymag.com/intelligence... @hypervisible : “A lot of formerly social aspects of a platform like Facebook, in other words, have already been automated and replaced with machine learning, but each step i...
Meta unveils Meta Motivo, an AI model for controlling the movements of a human-like digital agent, hoping to offer lifelike NPCs and more in the metaverse
Meta (META.O) said on Thursday it was releasing an artificial intelligence model called Meta Motivo, which could control the movements …
A look at Nvidia and Convai's AI-powered video game NPCs, which are effectively generative AI chatbots that players can talk to, instead of using preset phrases
A look at Nvidia and Convai's AI-powered video game NPCs, which are effectively generative AI chatbots that interact with the players
What if you could just... speak... to video game characters? Ask your own questions, with your own voice, instead of picking from preset phrases?
A look at Microsoft's Xbox partnership with Inworld AI, focused on using AI to let NPCs in games evolve beyond predefined roles and adapt to player behavior
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A look at Microsoft's Xbox partnership with Inworld AI, focused on using AI to let NPCs in games evolve beyond predefined roles and adapt to player behavior
- Microsoft has big plans for generative AI in gaming, and its recent XBox partnership with Inworld AI is a key example.
Inworld, which uses AI to help developers create game characters, raised $30M led by Lightspeed at a $500M+ valuation, following a $50M Series A in August 2022
Inworld, which makes AI-driven non-player characters (NPCs) for games and other applications has raised approximately $30 in new funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners.