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At the end of every year, I like to sit down and share how things have gone down across AI and Games. We've had a crazy year in various aspects, plus we launched a bunch of videos here on the channel.
Tommy and Shraddha will be online to talk about the year they've had, answer your questions, and whats coming up in 2026.
[00:00] Welcome
[08:30] What's to Come
[10:00] AI and Games YouTube
[01:10:00] AI and Games Newsletter
[01:23:00] Crowfunding Revenue 2025
[01:13:00] Highlights of the Year
[01:50:25] AI and Games Conference 2025
[02:21:00] 2026 Preview
[02:40:00] Banter and Questions
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At the end of every year, I like to sit down and share how things have gone down across AI and Games. We've had a crazy year in various aspects, plus we launched a bunch of videos here on the channel.
Tommy and Shraddha will be online to talk about the year they've had, answer your questions, and whats coming up in 2026.
[00:00] Welcome
[08:30] What's to Come
[10:00] AI and Games YouTube
[01:10:00] AI and Games Newsletter
[01:23:00] Crowfunding Revenue 2025
[01:13:00] Highlights of the Year
[01:50:25] AI and Games Conference 2025
[02:21:00] 2026 Preview
[02:40:00] Banter and Questions
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'AI and Games Plus' is our second channel dedicated to Artificial Intelligence in video games.
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AI and Games: youtube.com/@AIandGames
AI and Games Plus: youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus
Branching Factor Podcast: shows.acast.com/branchingfactor
Livestreams on Twitch: twitch.tv/aiandgames
Substack with Written Content: aiandgames.com
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![How to Write Your Own AI and Games Episode Script
If you watched episode 69 of AI and Games, all about training an AI to write a YouTube episode, you might want to try it out yourself.
In this video, I give an overview of a tutorial written in Google Colab that is inspired by how I trained my text model, to let you try it out yourself.
Here are some useful links:
- The AI-generated episode of AI and Games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuPDPORHAB0&ab_channel=AIandGames
- AI and Games #69, where I explain how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQxLfOc4-rU&ab_channel=AIandGames
- The Google Colab notebooks:
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1J-95w2MZsBdQupmuz6S0HnKhU4CdkfhM
- BONUS: Live reactions to my recording the AI video script.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ai-and-games-69-73759592
Chapters
[00:00] Intro
[01:01] Project Overview
[03:05] Google Colab Basics
[09:29] Part 1: Basic Text Generation
[16:02] Part 2: Training GPT-2 on a CPU
[22:04] Part 3: Training GPT-2 Neo on a GPU
[28:09] Part 4: Writing Your Own Script
AI and Games is funded thanks to our supporters on Patreon, plus YouTube members and Paypal donations. You can watch episodes of Smoke and Mirrors *early* by joining the Patreon or YouTube memberships.
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![Screaming Match - with guest Ben Ridge | Branching Factor Podcast #015
For this weeks episode, Ben Ridge of @UnfathomableAudio (yknow, the guy who does our music) joins us to talk about working in game audio, plus Helldivers II, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, gaming news and more!
Early bird registration for the Summer School for AI and Games (@GameAISchool)
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Plus, Game AI Uncovered is out now, get 20% off with code SMA21 until April 30th
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[00:00] Intro
[01:40] Discussing Game Audio with Ben Ridge
[31:32] Games: Suicide Squad / Evil West
[36:08] Dead by Daylight X Iron Maiden
[42:48] Games: More Helldivers II
[48:07] Games: Apex Legends
[56:56] News: Game AI Uncovered / Summer School 2024
[58:39] News: Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree plus Bloodborne!
[01:10:20] News: Xbox Titles Coming to PS5 and Switch
[01:16:14] News: No Big PS5 releases for 2024? Console sales to decline?
[01:28:33] News: Nintendos New Console Delayed to 2025?
[01:32:30] Late-episode rambling
[01:45:40] Credits
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![Into the Restless Ruins [Quicklook]
Into the Restless Ruins is one-part autobattler, one-part deck-building dungeon designer. Lets run through a few games and check it out.
You can find the game on Steam at:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/Into_the_Restless_Ruins/
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![Im Terrible at Racing Games. Can I Beat GT Sophy? | AI and Games Plus
GT Sophy is the groundbreaking deep learning AI racer unveiled last year by Sony that can defeat even the very best of human players at Gran Turismo. In March of 2023, Polyphony Digital released a limited-time event Race Together in Gran Turismo 7 that allowed regular GT7 players to face off against an updated version of this AI driver.
And so the question remains: can I actually beat it in a competitive race?
[00:00] Intro
[01:44] What is Race Together?
[05:09] Race 1: Beginner - Tsukuba Circuit
[08:09] Race 2: Intermediate - Alsace Village
[12:21] Race 1: Intermediate - Tsukuba Circuit
[16:57] Race 3: Beginner - Trial Mountain Circuit
[20:27] Race 4: Expert - Suzuka Circuit
[21:57] Analysis
[29:22] Closing
[30:00] Credits
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