artificial intelligence
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Terrifying Watch Dogs-Like Smart Glasses Make It Possible To Dox Strangers On The Street
In Ubisoft’s open-world game Watch Dogs (and its sequels), you can quickly scan any NPC you meet and discover facts about them, including their name, address, criminal record, and so on. And now two people have essentially created this tech in real life using Meta’s smart glasses and mostly off-the-shelf tech and software, providing a…
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McDonald’s Drive-Thru AI Is McCanceled
McDonald’s disastrous drive-thru AI experiment has been cancelled, after to the surprise of no-one it didn’t go smoothly.
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Ubisoft’s AI NPCs Down Horrendous, Had To Be Reprogrammed
In a move the majority of players probably didn’t ask for, Ubisoft has revealed its ‘Neo NPC’ project at GDC and via a blog post, showcasing its “first player-facing generative AI (GenAI) prototype that could transform the way players interact with…NPCs in video games.” The project is in its very early days, but the GDC…
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Foamstars Is The Latest Game Using AI-Generated Art
Producers say that while most of the game’s artwork is handmade, some of Foamstars’ art was created using AI.