Subj : Xbox is developing an AI toolset to help developers with story, d
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Nov 07 2023 10:30:05

Xbox is developing an AI toolset to help developers with story, dialogue and 
quest design

Date:
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:17:49 +0000

Description:
Xbox has announced its partnership with Inworld AI to build an AI toolset and 
character runtime engine for game developers.

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Xbox has teamed up with Inworld AI, in a partnership which the companies hope 
will allow them to create an accessible, responsibly designed multi-platform 
AI toolset to help developers with quest design, story and dialogue, as well 
as an AI character runtime engine to make NPCs more realistic. 

As outlined in a post on the Inworld blog, the AI toolset - also referred to 
as an AI design copilot - is intended to assist game designers in exploring 
more creative ideas by being able to use prompts to generate dialogue trees, 
quests and detailed scripts. 

The blog post suggests that this could be used in the pre-production phase of 
game development, when developers, writers and designers bring together 
characters stories, as well as the lore of the world theyre in, and mechanics 
of the game itself. It implies that using the AI tool could reduce the time 
and resource constraints during production, in turn allowing games to release 
faster, and be more expansive and immersive when they do. 

Meanwhile, the character runtime engine aims to bring depth and realism to 
NPCs, by allowing them to adapt to players actions as they happen, providing 
players with a sense of agency and engagement like never before. The post 
notes that using more than one AI model simultaneously will allow the 
character runtime engine to deliver dynamic responses in the form of 
dialogue, expressions, actions and gestures. 

Haiyan Zhang, the general manager of gaming AI at Xbox said that these tools 
are intended for game developers of any size, anywhere in the world, and on 
every platform where players want to play. She added: We want to help make it 
easier for developers to realize their visions, try new things, push the 
boundaries of gaming today, and experiment to improve gameplay, player 
connection and more. 

The use of AI in and around game development continues to be a controversial 
topic - voice actors like Yuri Lowenthal have raised concerns about the use 
of AI to impersonate voices . In September, The Screen Actors Guild-American 
Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted in favor of 
authorizing a strike against video game companies on the grounds that its 
members deserve better protections surrounding AI. However, its not yet known 
if strike action will take place. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-is-developing-an-ai-toolset-to-help
-developers-with-story-dialogue-and-quest-design


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