Amazon’s Alexa gets a board game: When in Rome
In what appears to be a first, Amazon’s Alexa will act as a guide for a board game called When in Rome, according to...
Microsoft’s Zo bot wants to play Exploding Kittens with you
Chat app users can now play Exploding Kittens with Microsoft’s conversational bot Zo, the company announced tody. Exploding Kittens is the first partner game...
Nvidia CEO: ‘AI is going to infuse all of software’
Jen-Hsun Huang is a big fan of artificial intelligence, as it helps his company Nvidia sell a lot more AI chips. In an earnings...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...
Google confirms its AlphaGo AI beat top players in online games
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) research group is back again at the ancient Chinese game of Go. Rather than playing top-ranking Go players in...
Why The Last Guardian’s AI is a good example for chatbot developers
The game The Last Guardian features one big achievement that’s fairly awe-inspiring. It’s not the level design or even the gameplay, which are both compelling...
The DeanBeat: Why video game companies — and all of us — need to think more about A.I.
I was fascinated to meet Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, one of the world’s biggest tech companies, this week at the ARM TechCon...
Anki launches its robotic Supertrucks combat racing toys
Anki is launching a cool truck expansion for its popular Anki Overdrive robotic cars. The new Anki Overdrive Supertrucks add a new dimension of play...
Google’s AI beats a professional Go player, an industry first
Google has achieved something major in artificial intelligence (AI) research. A computer system it has built to play the ancient Chinese board game Go...
Google built a machine that’s better at games than you are
Google's DeepMind Technologies has a robot that can play Breakout and a number of other games better than any human.