DirectX, the Microsoft technology that allows PC games to talk to your gaming hardware, is going to build in support for the AI technologies that graphics vendors are already using.

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The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a Tencent subsidiary) are using 3D-native AI models to ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI Here we are in a time when the world has discarded previous deterministic models in exchange for thinking, reasoning ...