Babbitt | Metaverse Daily Must-Read: Nvidia announced that it will provide custom AI model foundry services for games, saying that generative AI has the potential to completely change the way players interact with game characters

Abstract: According to Wall Street reports, on May 28, Nvidia announced on its official website that it will provide customized AI model foundry services for games——Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) for Games, which is suitable for AI model development on the cloud and on PCs. Investors can use this service to build and deploy custom speech, dialogue and animation AI models in their software and games. According to Nvidia, generative AI has the potential to completely change the way players interact with game characters, improving the immersion of games.

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