Tuesday, April 15

Tag: AI

Microsoft Releases Quake II Playable Demo Generated by Real-Time AI

Microsoft Releases Quake II Playable Demo Generated by Real-Time AI

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Microsoft has unveiled a research project that generates and runs Quake II entirely within an artificial intelligence model, creating a playable version of the game in real time. One of the heads of the Xbox department, Haiyan Zhan, published a demo of this technology - Quake II was launched in a browser using AI. "AI-generated gameplay - movement, shooting, exploration - and each frame is created on the fly by an AI model of the world, reacting to the player's actions in real time. <..> The original Quake II level remains a powerful expression of the developers' vision. This AI opens up new ways to interact with the process and perhaps shows how future tools can empower development teams," the top manager explained. Anyone can try the technology by visiting the project page. ...
Internal PlayStation Video Showing AI Version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West Leaked Online

Internal PlayStation Video Showing AI Version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West Leaked Online

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According to a fresh leak, which was kindly shared by The Verge, Sony is developing a prototype of at least one AI-powered PlayStation game character. In the demo, the AI ​​version of Aloy (without leaving the character's image) answers the user's questions, takes him to Horizon Forbidden West, and, following the gameplay session, recounts everything that happened in it in a condensed form. According to Sharwin Raghoebardajal, an employee of PlayStation Studios Advanced Technology Group, the AI ​​version of Aloy is based on several technologies: Whisper speech recognition system from OpenAI; large language models GPT-4 (OpenAI) and Llama 3 (Meta) — responsible for conversation and decision-making; Sony's own system, Emotional Voice Synthesis, is used for voice synthesis; ...
PlayStation 5 Pro to Get AI Upscaling Technology

PlayStation 5 Pro to Get AI Upscaling Technology

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Sony has confirmed plans to bring an advanced AI upscaling solution to PlayStation 5 Pro in 2026, based on AMD's recently released FSR 4 technology.  Last week, AMD announced that its FSR 4 scaling technology, developed using machine learning, was created with active assistance from Sony. In particular, when creating FSR 4, AMD used AI models developed jointly with Sony Interactive Entertainment. The two companies presented a joint development last year under the code name "Amethyst". The goal of the project is to improve gameplay and graphics using artificial intelligence. The developments of the "Amethyst" project formed the basis of FSR 4. That same year, Sony introduced the PlayStation 5 Pro. The console is based on AMD's RDNA hybrid architecture: the PS5 Pro processor's comput...
Musk Announces Launch of xAI Gaming Studio

Musk Announces Launch of xAI Gaming Studio

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Another unexpected piece of news is that xAI is going to launch a game studio that will develop projects with artificial intelligence. "We are launching an AI game studio. If you want to develop games with AI, join us!" - Musk announced. No further details have been released about the nature of the studio itself, its concept, the direction in which xAI plans to develop, or what it will be developing. The model has already demonstrated the ability to generate simple 2D games. One user posted a test case where Grok 3 created a basic version of Bubble Trouble with physics, collisions, and a simple interface. However, it turned out that the model cannot yet correctly reproduce the retro sound effects described in the user request. The biggest challenge for the new studio, howeve...