Sony Patents System to Generate AI Podcasts in the Voices of Your Favorite PlayStation Characters

Sony has patented a strategy to usage AI to make individualized podcasts featuring its biggest characters and mascots.

The patent, submitted successful mid-2024 and approved successful January, claims the system, dubbed "LLM-based generative podcasts for gamers," volition make "unique, personalized podcasts of quality that a peculiar gamer would find interesting," and could beryllium presented successful the dependable of a video crippled quality from a crippled "already played by the respective gamer." It appears this could beryllium offered to players connected the location surface erstwhile they powerfulness connected their PlayStation console.

“Video crippled platforms presently deficiency the quality to supply unsocial and targeted contented to gamers to update the gamers astir things that are happening connected the platform,” the patent adds, (thanks, VGC). “There are presently nary capable solutions to the foregoing computer-related, technological problem.”

An illustration of however the podcast could beryllium used. Credit: WIPO / Sony.

This contented — which pulls accusation from crippled and friends lists, and could see quality astir updates, accomplishment checks, adverts, oregon gameplay proposal — would past beryllium delivered to the subordinate successful the dependable of a acquainted character.

"In immoderate examples, if the gaming level wants to item circumstantial games for players to experimentation with, the podcast tin suggest antithetic games to antithetic players based connected a clump to which the applicable subordinate is assigned," the patent's paperwork explains. "These crippled recommendations tin besides beryllium provided successful the generative AI podcasts, successful game-specific quality voices nary less. Recommendations whitethorn beryllium prioritized and leap retired a small much to the listener to get the listener to enactment the recommendation. Prioritization whitethorn beryllium based connected wherever the proposal is placed successful the podcast (e.g., the archetypal 1 mentioned) and the magnitude of the audio for the proposal compared to the magnitude of audio for different aspects of the podcast."

Submitting a patent doesn't needfully mean it'll travel to fruition, of course, but it does connection a spirit of what large businesses similar Sony are reasoning about, and what they deliberation whitethorn beryllium the adjacent large happening erstwhile it comes to gaming tech.

Last month, we reported that PlayStation was besides exploring the anticipation of letting an AI instrumentality implicit your crippled to assistance you if you're stuck. Patent documents filed by Sony amusement plans to connection an in-game "AI Ghost" that tin show however to advancement further, oregon alternatively person your power afloat taken implicit by the AI successful bid to marque advancement for you.

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