Leaked video seems to indicate Sony director conversing with an AI Aloy prototype
PlayStation is reportedly utilizing characters from its largest franchises in an AI prototype.
A leaked video appeared to indicate PlayStation’s director of software program engineering, Sharwin Raghoebardajal, conversing with an early AI Aloy prototype.
The video – despatched to The Verge however since taken offline following a copyright declare from Sony – confirmed Raghoebardajal give a quick tech demo of Aloy speaking with him voice prompts each throughout the AI prototype and within the sport Horizon Forbidden West itself.
“That is only a glimpse of what’s doable,” Raghoebardajal mentioned, earlier than demonstrating how Aloy may give gamers lore and background data upon request.
While the voice doesn’t match that of the in-game Aloy, the character mannequin responds intelligently to questions with some synchronised facial expressions and motion. In line with Raghoebardajal, that is solely an inside demo developed at Sony.
In line with The Verge’s reporting, the AI system makes use of OpenAI’s whisper for speech-to-text and GPT-4 and Llama 3 for its communication and decision-making, while Sony’s personal Mockingbird tech powers the audio-to-facial animation and Emotional Voice Synthesis (EVS) powers speech.
Though the prototype was operating on a PC, Sony believes it will possibly run the identical tech on PS5 consoles with “little overhead.”
Final week, the voice talent team that brings Apex Legends’ characters to life in French reportedly refused to signal contracts that may authorize their voices for use to coach AI.
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