How devs can spot AI-generated 3D models
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Baked-in lighting, mushy meshes, and high polygon counts are telltale signs of AI-generated work.
SAG-AFTRA signs agreement with AI-powered voice company Ethovox
Game Developer
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The union said the deal will ensure performers are 'protected and empowered in the AI age.'
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Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One
Game Developer
JUNE 18, 2024
This volume brings together the collected wisdom, ideas, tricks, and cutting-edge techniques from 20 of the top game AI professionals and researchers from around the world.
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Report: NVIDIA's AI tools use loads of scraped internet video
Game Developer
AUGUST 5, 2024
A new report indicates NVIDIA extracts whatever data it can from popular websites and platforms to train its AI products. The company says its practices are legal.
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Nintendo president says generative AI can be used in 'creative ways'
Game Developer
JULY 4, 2024
Contrary to recent reports, Nintendo hasn't ruled out using generative AI technology, but emphasized that games 'cannot be created by technology alone.'
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SAG-AFTRA can now call immediate strike if game companies refuse AI protections
Game Developer
JULY 22, 2024
The union is attempting to secure better wages, working conditions, and AI protections for voice actors and performers within the game industry.
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Xbox to add AI-powered chatbot as part of larger AI plans
Game Developer
APRIL 2, 2024
Microsoft's AI-powered Virtual Support Assistant is said to help answer Xbox players' questions and refund games right from the Xbox website.
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Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development'
Game Developer
JUNE 20, 2024
The company claims shunning AI models will lead to it being 'outrun' by its competitors.
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Creating Natural AI
Game Developer
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Problem: AI aimlessly wandering and unnatural Solution: Create tasks for the AI to complete around the level
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Generative AI tools have created a 'clusterfuck,' but do they have a creative future?
Game Developer
AUGUST 6, 2024
Speaking at AMAZE Sheffield, Good Afternoon co-founder Sarah Brin explains why generative AI is currently an example of 'bad theft.'
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Why AI Isn't The New Crypto In Gaming
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
There is a corner of AI where the games tribe will find their Eden. Where creativity is enhanced and copyright is respected. What are these tools, what challenges can they help overcome and how will they positively impact and shape the industry in the near future?
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SAG-AFTRA's new agreement lets game devs use AI voices
Game Developer
JANUARY 9, 2024
Amidst continued AI negotiations, SAG-AFTRA's locked down a way for developers to use digital voice replicas in future works.
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GamerGPT: What to Consider When Considering Generative AI in Gaming
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
We briefly cover how AI tech and law intersect with generative AI in video games, starting with a survey of issues related to the right of publicity, intellectual property (“IP”), and privacy.
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GameShark to return as AI-powered hint tool
Game Developer
JANUARY 11, 2024
The long-dead GameShark is angling to return by pivoting to AI and helping out players with hints rather than cheats.
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Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation
Game Developer
MARCH 29, 2024
The AI text-to-speech "translations" to create fictional languages are still in the experimental phase.
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The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development
Game Developer
JUNE 18, 2024
In this article, we'll explore the impact of generative AI on game development, the challenges it presents, and how developers can leverage automation tools to navigate this new frontier.
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Tencent and Ubisoft are making NPCs with NVIDIA's AI-generated tools
Game Developer
JANUARY 8, 2024
The two developers have started integrating NVIDIA's AI-generated tools into their respective pipelines to help make NPCs for their games.
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‘Doki Doki AI Interrogation’-developer YAMADA explores the role of AI in games
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 17, 2024
Japanese indie game developer Yamada has used ChatGPT as a key design element for his latest project, Doki Doki AI Interrogation. He had to set up strict boundaries and even make the AI powered character ‘drunk and forgetful’ to pull it off, but, according to the developer, the experience has moved players to tears.
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Microsoft to bring generative AI design tools to Xbox devs
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Microsoft wants its Xbox developers to use AI in their quest and narrative design, and eventually leverage that technology out to third-party studios.
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How AI and Automation are Revolutionizing Player Support
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
At Keywords Studios, we believe that AI is a creative collaborator and performance enhancer, with the potential to revolutionise the future of our industry.
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Here's what happened when Rovio integrated AI into its customer service pipeline
Game Developer
MARCH 15, 2024
Rovio spent over a year integrating AI tools to streamline its customer service ticketing. The results shine a light on the plusses (and minuses) of relying on AI chatbots.
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China's game art industry reportedly decimated by growing AI use
Game Developer
APRIL 11, 2023
The widespread use of AI art is reportedly diminishing the work of game artists in China, who worry about how it'll be used in other departments of game development.
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EA CEO: 60 percent of development processes could be 'impacted by generative AI'
Game Developer
MARCH 7, 2024
EA boss Andrew Wilson said generative AI is something the publisher is 'embracing deeply.'
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Unity says it shared AI training data with devs in bid for transparency
Game Developer
APRIL 1, 2024
Unity wants to prove its commitment to transparency by sharing AI training data with developers concerned about copyright violation.
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GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs discuss layoffs, generative AI, and more
Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2024
Over 3,000 game industry professionals weighed in on this year's State of the Game Industry survey with opinions about layoffs, the use of generative AI, return-to-office policies, and more.
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The Sam Altman saga casts a shadow on "ethical" AI
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
We shouldn't let developers claim they're making generative AI "ethically" without scrutiny.
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Near half of game devs say they're working with generative AI tools
Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2024
As generative AI becomes a bigger presence in games, developers use the technology while remaining wary of its impact.
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Valve welcomes AI games onto Steam (but only if devs promise they aren't doing anything illegal)
Game Developer
JANUARY 10, 2024
"We are making changes to how we handle games that use AI technology. This will enable us to release the vast majority of games that use it."
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CWA establishes AI principles for workplace union bargaining
Game Developer
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The CWA doesn't want to stop AI, but wants to ensure the technology is used in a way that benefits all workers and unions as much as possible.
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ZeniMax Union strike tentative agreement over AI usage in workplace
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2023
ZeniMax's worker-led union nets a second victory in a number of days, as it can now decide how AI gets used in its production workflow.
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Square Enix will aggressively leverage AI in 2024 to create "new forms of content?"
Game Developer
JANUARY 2, 2024
"I believe that generative AI has the potential not only to reshape what we create, but also to fundamentally change the processes by which we create."
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Google, Meta, other tech companies to establish AI “safeguards”
Game Developer
JULY 21, 2023
AI legislation is still a ways off, but companies such as Microsoft and Amazon say they have committed themselves to transparency and independent third-party testing for their individual AI technology.
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Embark Studios: AI let devs "do more with less" when making The Finals
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The creative team behind The Finals talks reshaping the dynamics of multiplayer map design, and why generative AI entered their production process.
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SAG-AFTRA performers call strike against major game studios over AI
Game Developer
JULY 25, 2024
SAG-AFTRA members who work in games will strike starting at midnight, AI protections chief among their concerns.
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SAG-AFTRA: AI "equal or even greater threat" to video game performers
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
"These vital protections are not only righteous and fair.but necessary to counter the existential threat to member work posed by the unregulated use of AI."
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Is NVIDIA's AI-driven NPC tech just really expensive improv?
Game Developer
JANUARY 23, 2024
NVIDIA's AI tech can't beat out improv performances from real actors.
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Microsoft will integrate its Copilot AI into Xbox and PC games
Game Developer
MAY 21, 2024
The tech giant's AI focus is now bleeding into its games division, and Copilot will gradually be embedded into different Xbox titles.
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2024 Unity Gaming Report indicates 62 percent of devs are currently using AI tools
Game Developer
MARCH 18, 2024
And the majority of those developers have started incorporating generative AI tech into their workflows.
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Krafton wants to deepen AI relationship, franchise out PUBG
Game Developer
JANUARY 25, 2024
Whether by AI or making PUBG into a bigger series, Krafton is aiming to scale up and reach a "turning point" in its business.
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Jussi Kemppainen is exploring AI-assisted game development with Echoes of Somewhere
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 30, 2023
With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. AI affects game design The project’s trajectory shifted with the integration of AI tools.
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How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use
Game Developer
JUNE 20, 2024
AI is a powerful tool that can support and amplify an artist's creativity when deployed strategically and thoughtfully across an organization.
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Take-Two removes GTA V mod featuring AI dialogue
Game Developer
AUGUST 18, 2023
Take-Two's DMCA takedown for Grand Theft Auto V puts the publisher in the thorny territory of mods that use AI to generate voice performances and dialogue.
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Generative AI might make interoperable game items more viable
Game Developer
APRIL 7, 2023
Developers in generative AI are eying how the tech could help items transfer between games.
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