Tag: Ai
News Phil Spencer 'Excited' About Xbox Copilot, An AI Tool That Helps Players Finish Games
"This experience puts players at the centre"
Microsoft has today announced that its AI Copilot software will be usable on games in the near future - with Xbox Insiders getting "an early preview on mobile soon". Copilot for Gaming, as it's being introduced, is an "AI-driven sidekick designed to be your personalised gaming companion, helping you get...
News PlayStation's New AI Experiment Is Reminding Xbox Fans Of 'Project Milo'
A prototype video leaked earlier this week
Earlier this week, an official PlayStation video leaked online — showing a prototype demo of someone talking to an AI-powered version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden Dawn — and those who saw it have been reminded of "Project Milo". Sony has clearly been very keen to take it down ever since, so we're not...
News Microsoft CEO: Xbox's New AI Model Is A 'Wow' Moment, But Great Games Must Be The Focus
"It's kind of like the CGI moment for gaming long-term"
Last week, we were introduced to a new generative AI model called "Muse" - something that Xbox is using to try and assist game creators in building new titles, and even potentially make things easier to preserve them in the future. An example was shown at the time based around Bleeding Edge -...
News Xbox's AI-Powered 'Support Virtual Agent' Now Available To Insiders
"How can I help you today?"
Microsoft has announced its new AI-powered "Support Virtual Agent" is now rolling out to select Xbox Insiders on Xbox's support page today. Support Virtual Agent will allow you to "quickly access information" from Xbox's support page and answer any issues related to your Xbox console and games. US Xbox users with...
News Xbox Is Already Using AI To Create A New Animated Chatbot
"We are testing an Xbox Support Virtual Agent"
With Microsoft clearly putting a lot of focus into AI at the moment, it sounds like that'll continue to rub off on Xbox as well. The latest experiment is an AI-powered chatbot that will help Xbox users with some of their support queries. This is confirmed to be in testing right now, known internally as...
News Xbox Is Adding An 'Improved Search Experience' With AI Enhancements
Launching first for Xbox Insiders
We've heard complaints about the search bar across Xbox, PC and the Xbox mobile app for quite a few years now, and Microsoft seems keen to remedy them with the use of AI-assisted tools as part of an "improved search experience". For now at least, it appears this is exclusive to Xbox consoles, and it's only rolling...
News Xbox's New AI Partnership Is Stirring Up A Heated Debate On Social Media
Are you "for" or "against" the idea?
Back on Monday, Xbox and Microsoft announced a new partnership with Inworld AI as part of plans to create a multi-platform AI toolset that will "assist and empower creators in dialogue, story & quest design". As you can probably imagine, there have been some negative reactions to this. Over the past couple...
News Xbox Signs New AI Partnership To 'Assist And Empower' Game Creators
"Our goal is to deliver state-of-the-art AI tools"
Xbox has announced today that it has entered into a partnership with the company "Inworld AI" in an attempt to "empower game creators with the potential of generative AI" in dialogue, story and quest design. Inworld describes itself as the "leading Character Engine for AI NPCs", and Microsoft...
