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The Simulation by Fable open sources AI tool to power Westworlds of the future

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Simulation by Fable said it is open sourcing its new tool for creating Westworld-like simulations that feature AI characters.

San Francisco-based The Simulation by Fable (previously known as Fable) has a team with two-time Emmy winners, and it has been working on the intersection of games and AI for years with veterans from both Pixar and Oculus.

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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.