Tech 24 - Meta and Fortnite push AI video game characters into the mainstream

Tech 24 - Meta and Fortnite push AI video game characters into the mainstream

We're used to video game characters repeating the same lines of scripted dialogue. But artificial intelligence is now allowing players to have unique, unscripted conversations with the characters they meet. In Tech 24, we look at this experimental tech and its path to the mainstream.

The era of unscripted AI game characters has officially begun

Hobbyists are using artificial intelligence to enable unscripted conversations with characters in video games. The technology, powered by models from Google and Meta, is now being integrated into mainstream platforms, moving beyond niche modifications created by players. In the enthusiast community, players have been utilizing a downloadable modification, or mod, known as Mantella to transform classic games such as The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and …