AI
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Tavern Watch
Tavern Watch Podcast: D&D 2024 is dead, long live D&D 5.5e
On this episode of the Tavern Watch Podcast, the team gets a win — a win in naming things, it turns out, as Wizards of the…
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Discussion
AI? In my games?! How do you feel about AI NPCs in MMORPGs?
Generative AI has been getting a lot of press recently for a bunch of really good reasons. Artists and writers and actors are finding themselves at…
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WoW
Everything you need to know about World of Warcraft patch 10.2.5, now live!
World of Warcraft’s next patch, patch 10.2.5, Seeds of Renewal, launches today, on January 16. However, before we can play the latest content we have some…
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WoW
We might be finally getting hair under helmets in World of Warcraft with the help of AI
If you’ve ever wanted your World of Warcraft characters to have their hair displaying under their helmets (instead of mysteriously vanishing), you might be in luck:…
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Diablo
If you’ve always wanted to see Diablo 2 cinematics at 4k, now you can, because AI made it happen
This is an interesting use of machine learning, and compared to what I’m always afraid they’ll do with it — namely, create a super AI that…
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Off Topic
Off Topic: AI aren’t good enough to win arguments (yet), but they’re already smart enough to be a little scary
Several years ago, the world watched IBM’s Watson AI defeat the best Jeopardy players in the world. Now scientists had this super smart AI, what would…
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Overwatch
The Overwatch team is (still) working on better tools to fight Overwatch toxicity
We mentioned last month that Blizzard is working on AI specifically to fight toxicity in Overwatch — but that doesn’t mean they’re not also working on other…
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Overwatch
Blizzard is experimenting with using an AI to moderate its games
Blizzard has made it no secret it’s being aggressive in its battle against toxicity in Overwatch. They’ve discussed the issue repeatedly and recently joined an alliance…
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Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard updates how AI works in Heroes of the Storm
I like playing Heroes of the Storm. But I’m atrocious at PVP, which many consider the whole point of the game. So what am I doing?…
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