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Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 7 November 2023 14:01 IST

Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Its Studios

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The announcement comes at a time when the use of AI in game development is still a hot topic for many

Highlights

The partnership brings an AI design copilot, AI character runtime engine
It will help create AI characters and generate entire scripts and quests
Microsoft also invested $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI this year

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Xbox, enabling developers to create characters, generate entire scripts and quests, and more. The multi-year deal brings an AI design copilot and an AI character runtime engine to the forefront, both of them being totally optional to use and to varying degrees. Of course, the use of AI in art has been criticised by many for simply lacking originality, in addition to running the risk of fewer jobs for artists — a growing fear among many considering the alarming number of layoffs seen at game studios this year in an attempt to cut costs.

“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld's expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft's cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research's technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox's strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”

The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We've already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.

Today, we announced a partnership with @Xbox.

With the advent of generative AI, there's an opportunity to leverage cutting-edge innovations to foster limitless creativity and unparalleled immersion.#AI #gamedev #indiedev https://t.co/fHp56zghEJ
— Inworld AI (@inworld_ai) November 6, 2023

Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.

Despite being a Microsoft-d AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It's unclear how Microsoft's partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.

What are the most exciting titles that gamers can look forward to in 2023? We discuss some of our favourites on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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