Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Since the AI and Games Podcast launched Tommy’s been out and about and busy attending games industry events. So we’re circling back to some of the big stories that have happened recently, including EA’s Generative AI adoption targets, Xbox continuing to burn brightly, EU AI Act, Stellar Blade’s K-Pop/K-Slop music video, and more.

Timestamps

[00:00] Preshow Stinger
[01:16] Welcome!
[06:42] Support AI and Games
[09:17] Catching up on my Backlog
[12:57] Pragmata
[20:03] MINOS
[26:33] Sponsored by AWS
[27:39] Headline Catch-Up
[28:14] Japan’s JOGA Report
[30:47] Shifting Policy on AI for UK and China
[32:11] Xbox is Burning
[39:37] EA’s GenAI “Adoption Targets”
[47:17] Stellar Blade’s AI-Generated K-Pop Video
[52:32] EU AI Act Transparency
[58:32] Introducing ‘Below the Line’
[01:01:41] Credits

Links and References

Pragmata on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA

MINOS on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3181650/MINOS

Our newsletter on EU AI Act transparency:
aiandgames.com/p/what-does-the-eus-ai-transparency

Our newsletter covering many of the stories in this issue from last week:
aiandgames.com/p/uk-and-chinas-shifting-ai-mandates

That weird Stellar Blade K-Pop music video
youtube.com/watch?v=5Ncuote9ADo
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