Sony’s AI subsidiary is developing smarter opponents and teammates for PlayStation games
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge In 2019, Sony quietly established a subsidiary dedicated to researching artificial intelligence. What exactly the company plans to do with this tech has always been a bit unclear, but a recent corporate strategy meeting offers a little more information.
Sony AI [...] has begun a collaboration with PlayStation that will make game experiences even richer and more enjoyable," say notes from a recent strategy presentation given by Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida. By leveraging reinforcement learning, we are developing Game AI Agents that can be a player's in-game opponent or collaboration partner."
This is pretty much what you'd expect from a partnership between PlayStation and Sony's AI team, but it's still good to have confirmation!...