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UK video game voice actor's union proposes new minimum rates and protections against AI and abusive NDAs
"Pay for UK performers has stagnated despite games being a multibillion-dollar industry"
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All the Computex 2024 PC hardware announcements that are actually interesting
The Asus ROG Ally X! Nvidia Project G-Assist! Intel Battlemage, briefly!
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I spoke to an Nvidia AI NPC, and he mainly wanted to get me bladdered
In conversation with the cocktail-obsessed gamepeople of our supposed future
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Nvidia head reckons we’ll have games where AI generates ‘every pixel in real-time’ in under a decade
“ChatGPT is not only practical; in most cases, it's better”
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Solving the problems of generative AI is everyone's responsibility
As we look to the near future of generative AI, we need to decide what we want to do with it
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The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 11: are AI NPCs the future? Our impression of what they sound like suggests no
Hot topics coming out of GDC
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For a best-case scenario future, generative AI must put creators at its heart
What happens if everything to do with generative AI goes right?
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Ubisoft revealed an AI NPC prototype at GDC and everyone online made fun of it
NEO NPC is currently showing off some not-so-great dialogue
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Protecting art from generative AI is vital, now and for the future
Part 2 of our series on generative AI delves into the issues around how it's currently trained
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To understand the future of generative AI, we need better language to describe it
Our new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use
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Supporters only | I don't hate generative AI, I just hate that it's "The Future"
Who gets to call something the future?
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Roblox adds instant text translation using AI, plans to apply the tech to voice chat
Hypothetical real-time translation of voices would aim to match speaker’s rhythm and intonation
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The best, worst, and weirdest gaming tech of CES 2024
Plus! Why is Mario's mouth moving like that
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Actors' union SAG-AFTRA strike deal to allow AI voice replicas, and video game stars are understandably pissed
Stars of Starfield, Mortal Kombat, Baldur’s Gate and more call agreement with Replica - seemingly without their consultation - a “backstab” and “betrayal”
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Steam will now accept "the vast majority" of games using "AI" generation, but only with disclosures
Valve announce new policy and player reporting system
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Microsoft are adding a dedicated AI button to Windows keyboards as they call 2024 “the year of the AI PC”
New Copilot button is the first big change to Microsoft’s keyboards since the Windows key almost 30 years ago
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The blockchain is still a "focus" for Square Enix in 2024, along with "aggressive" use of AI in gamedev
New president looks back on "a year of tumult"
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Microsoft and ZeniMax union reach "first of its kind" agreement over usage of AI tools in gamedev
"It is crucial that all workers have a voice in what role AI plays in their work."
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GTA 6 publisher CEO doubts AI generation tools will make games more profitable or cheaper
But they will make competition "more intense" for developers who don't have them
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Microsoft adopt Inworld AI tech behind blocked GTA5 mod to "enrich" videogame narrative and character creators
"AI copilot" and character runtime engine discussed
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American McGee says AI offers the only hope of a new Alice game
But either way you should stop asking him about it
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DOOM creator keen on "ethical" uses for AI, but worried about AAA-style "homogenisation"
Also wouldn't mind bringing Anachronox back
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Valve doesn't want to discourage AI tech on Steam, but are worried about the "legal uncertainty" of it
Developers "can not infringe on existing copyright"
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Ubisoft unveil AI dialogue-writing tool, prompting debate among developers
Ghostwriter's the name