Sony appears to be working on developing AI technology that could enable its PlayStation game characters to interact even more directly with players.
As uncovered Monday by The Verge, a video that is narrated by Sony Interactive Entertainment’s director of software engineering Sharwin Raghoebardajal features an AI-enabled version of the character Aloy from the company’s Horizon game franchise.
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In the video, which has been removed from YouTube, the character could hold conversations with a player using technologies including OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Llama 3 as well as some of Sony’s own speech and facial-animation technology.
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The Verge says it got wind of the video from an anonymous tipster and after its story was published, a copyright claim from Muso – a content-protection firm which works with Sony – made the video unavailable.
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While the original video has been taken down, parts of it continue to appear online.
