This ramen shop NPC demo was created by Convai and Nvidia.
This ramen shop NPC demo was created by Convai and Nvidia.
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Convai takes AI-driven NPCs to next level with Nvidia Avatar Cloud Engine

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Convai and Nvidia are planning to take AI-driven non-player characters (NPCs) to the next level with more generative AI advances.

They already created an amazing demo of the tech with a realistic ramen shop and its characters Jin and Kai. Now Convai is showing off the next evolution in AI-driven character technology, which gives characters the ability to hold realistic conversations with players in games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.