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The advent of AI in game development is a touchy subject. Witness, for instance, the reaction to a promotional tweet for System Shock (opens in new tab)<\/span> in which publisher Prime Matter used the Midjourney AI software to imagine what the game’s evil AI Shodan might look like. (Short version: It did not go over well.) There are also very understandable fears that AI could be used to replace some\u2014maybe many\u2014game development jobs: Blizzard, for instance, recently applied for a patent on an AI system intended to generate in-game art (opens in new tab)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Now Ubisoft is wading into the fray, and based on a statement in the company’s FY 2022-23 year end report, it sounds like it’s ready to jump in with both feet.<\/p>\n