AI learns how to dribble a basketball
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and DeepMotion used AI to teach a digital avatar how to dribble a basketball.
Protect your game’s users and eliminate fraud with AI (VB Live)
Your users are vulnerable to the insidious types of fraud that infest every online game out there, including account takeovers, game hacks, credential ripoffs, bots, and more. Learn how fraud-fighting tools powered by artificial intelligence are super-charging the fight against scammers.
OpenAI’s bot can now defeat skilled Dota 2 teams
Artificial intelligence researchers at OpenAI have developed a system -- OpenAI Five -- that can defeat teams of skilled Dota 2 players.
How Spirit AI uses artificial intelligence to level up game communities
Spirit AI is using artificial intelligence to combat toxic behavior in game communities. The London company has created its Ally social intelligence tool to...
Ctrl-labs’ armband lets you control computer cursors with your mind
Ctrl-labs is developing an armband that interprets electrical signals from neurons in the arm, allowing wearers to control computers, smartphones, and even robotic arms with their minds. VentureBeat got hands-on time with the technology during a recent visit to the startup's New York City office.
Kixeye raises $20 million to bring machine learning to game marketing
Kixeye has raised $20 million in funding to apply machine learning to the marketing, monetization, and retention for its mobile games. San Francisco-based Kixeye made...
Alison machine learning predicts mobile ad campaign results
YellowHead has launched Alison, a machine learning technology that predicts how mobile advertising campaigns, known as paid user acquisition, will turn out. The Israeli...
How video games help improve real-world AI
For decades, video games have been criticized for purportedly wasting time, stifling creativity, and even influencing violent behaviors. Now, it seems that video games...
Apple’s AI chief describes potential for reinforcement learning
Artificial intelligence has made great progress in helping computers recognize images in photos and recommending products online that you’re more likely to buy. But...
How to take AI far beyond gaming
Venture capital investments in artificial intelligence (AI), one of the biggest technological trends these days, are booming. The year 2016 saw almost ten times...