{"id":214947,"date":"2024-03-19T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/nvidia-partners-with-ubisoft-to-further-develop-its-ai-driven-npcs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:21","slug":"nvidia-partners-with-ubisoft-to-further-develop-its-ai-driven-npcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/nvidia-partners-with-ubisoft-to-further-develop-its-ai-driven-npcs\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA partners with Ubisoft to further develop its AI-driven NPCs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NVIDIA has been working on<\/a> adding generative AI to non-playable characters (NPCs) for a while now<\/a>. The company is hoping a newly-announced partnership with Ubisoft<\/a> will accelerate development of this technology and, ultimately, bring these AI-driven NPCs to modern games.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft helped build new “NEO NPCs” by using NVIDIA\u2019s Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) technology, with an assist from <\/a>. The end result? Characters that don\u2019t repeat the same phrase over and over, while ignoring the <\/a>.<\/p>\n

These NEO NPCs are said to interact in real time with players, the environment and other in-game characters. NVIDIA says this opens up \u201cnew possibilities for emergent storytelling.\u201d To that end, Ubisoft\u2019s narrative team built complete backgrounds, knowledge bases and conversational styles for two NPCs as a proof of concept.<\/p>\n

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