Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Back on the road again as I attend the 'Artificial Intelligence and Games Summer School'. An annual event hosted by academic researchers to help cultivate the new generation of AI researchers and game developers. This year, it was held in Valetta, Malta.
So let's chat all about it: what went down when I attended, a highlight of some of the talks, and the game jam that ran in the closing days of the event.
Read my full breakdown at:
open.substack.com/pub/aiandgames/p/ai-and-games-summer-school-round
Find out more about the Summer School at:
school.gameaibook.org
Or visit their YouTube channel at @GameAISchool
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Back on the road again as I attend the 'Artificial Intelligence and Games Summer School'. An annual event hosted by academic researchers to help cultivate the new generation of AI researchers and game developers. This year, it was held in Valetta, Malta.
So let's chat all about it: what went down when I attended, a highlight of some of the talks, and the game jam that ran in the closing days of the event.
Read my full breakdown at:
open.substack.com/pub/aiandgames/p/ai-and-games-summer-school-round
Find out more about the Summer School at:
school.gameaibook.org
Or visit their YouTube channel at @GameAISchool
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Substack with Written Content: aiandgames.com
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![What Valves New Rules for Generative AI Mean for Steam
Last week, Valve announced an update to their generative AI policy. Lets dig in and find out what it all actually means.
[00:00] Intro
[01:02] Generative AI on Steam
[03:51] Steams New Policy
[09:49] My Take
[13:32] Wrapping Up
[14:36] Credits
#steam #valve #generativeai #gaming #gamedev #ai #gamedesign
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![Stellar Blades Hot New K-Slop | AI and Games Podcast #03
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:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/
MINOS on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3181650/MINOS/
Our newsletter on EU AI Act transparency:
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/what-does-the-eus-ai-transparency
Our newsletter covering many of the stories in this issue from last week:
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/uk-and-chinas-shifting-ai-mandates
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ncuote9ADo
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![An Overview of AI in the Games Industry in 2026 | AI and Games Podcast #01
For the opening episode of our shiny new AI and Games podcast - presented in association with AWS for Games - I wanted to give an overview on how and where AI exists within the video games industry.
This is far from an exhaustive overview, and one that will continue to shift as technology trends evolve. If you want to learn more, be sure to check out:
- Our main case study series on the @AIandGames YouTube Channel.
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- The original overview I wrote in 2024 for the YouTube channel and website
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/how-ai-is-actually-used-in-the-video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LW5no-5Ao
[00:00] Intro
[02:58] AI Fundamentals
[06:13] Game AI
[13:00] Machine Learning for Production
[24:09] Sponsor Message by AWS
[25:15] The Surge of Generative AI Hype
[27:30] The Rise of Gen AI Adoption
[34:14] Inconsistent Adoption, False Narratives & Cutting Corners
[41:23] Outro
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