Microsoft Unveils Muse, a New Artificial Intelligence System for Video Games
Gamers don’t like AI in video games, so this Microsoft achievement is bound to cause controversy. It introduced Muse, a generative AI for video games.
Microsoft's Muse is an AI that can create a game based on the player's controller movements. This means that the game is generated as you play, based on what you do with your character.
- This is how Muse, Microsoft's AI that creates video games, works
Muse was created by Microsoft Research in collaboration with video game company Ninja Theory, which is also part of Microsoft.
Muse is a generative AI trained on thousands of hours of playing Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge, the equivalent of a human playing the game for several years. In total, over a billion game images.
With this training, Muse is able to create a game based on how you move the joystick or press the buttons on the Xbox controller. This means that if you move the joystick to the left, Muse rotates and generates the game world as you go. When you press the fire button, it generates a bullet and decides whether or not it will hit the enemy.
It is important to be clear that the game does not exist. It does not use pre-made graphics or code. It does this as it goes, based on the instructions provided about the game's settings or mechanics.
The player can introduce enemies or objects into the game in real time, and the artificial intelligence is responsible for integrating them into the gameplay, as shown in the opening video of the news.
Right now, Muse can only render games at 300 x 180 pixels and 10 frames per second, so they’re barely playable. But it’s still an impressive feat: AI that generates a world in real time while you play.
Microsoft explains that Muse will help preserve video games in the future, as it will be able to transfer them from one device to another. If the Xbox Series X console is discontinued, you can transfer the game to its successor, so it doesn't get lost.
Likewise, you will be able to improve the graphics or game features to adapt them to modern devices. Although none of this has been shown yet. You can find technical information on how Muse works in the scientific journal Nature.
Muse, Microsoft's AI that makes video games, will soon be able to be experienced in Copilot. It will be interesting to see how it will be received by users.