The company debuted a new tool called “Ubisoft Ghostwriter” that will generate first drafts of NPC dialogue. Like Roblox’s recently-launched AI tools, Ghostwriter could help developers save time. But some developers fear they could lead to job cuts.
The bookmarks counter launched first on iOS last week, but some Verge staffers are now seeing it on their desktop browsers, too. The company said it planned to expand the feature, so its arrival on the web isn’t too much of a surprise. I’m still not happy about it; the counter is yet another metric cluttering up tweets.
At least, that’s what Bard told Jane Manchun Wong. Rough.
Google has opened early access to its AI-powered chatbot, Bard, and CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo about the launch to employees that was obtained by CNBC. Despite the warning — and he’s probably wise to expect some blowback, given what people discovered Bing could do — Pichai also believes that people using the chatbot will “surprise us.”
Roblox’s AI-powered code suggestion tool previewed last month is now available, and the company’s head of its development platform spoke more about Roblox’s plans for AI at GDC, as reported by Ars Technica. One part jumped out to me as something that could be potentially transformative for Roblox creators:
In an “extreme example” of a future use case, Corazza suggested someone might be able to type “Scene with a forest, a river, and a large rock” and get a completely interactive, realistic 3D world matching the prompt. “It’ll feel like nuclear fusion,” he said. “I’ll say two years [until it’s ready].”
Dedicated creators have built their own communities and spaces in Meta’s Horizon Worlds. But they feel the company isn’t supporting them as well as it could.
