Key facts
- Game companies used early AI to set non-player character behavior, simulate crowds and adjust difficulty before chatbots like ChatGPT existed, the report said.
- Studios now deploy AI to write code, create visual assets and synthesize real-time voice-overs, per the report.
- The report said studios still pay people to animate their games.
Video game companies have used artificial intelligence for years, in forms that predate chatbots such as ChatGPT, to set the behavior of non-player characters, simulate crowds and adjust game difficulty while a game is running, according to a report that did not date the event or name an outlet.
The same report said the technology is now increasingly used to write code, create visual assets and synthesize real-time voice-overs, work that people would otherwise have done. It also said studios still pay people to animate their games, and it framed Southeast Asian talent as part of that hiring.