Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot

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Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot

Microsoft has bigger plans for AI-powered Xbox features.
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Microsoft is currently testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can be used to automate support tasks. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software giant has been testing an "embodied AI character" that animates when responding to Xbox support queries. I understand this Xbox AI chatbot is part of a larger effort inside Microsoft to apply AI to its Xbox platform and services.

The Xbox AI chatbot is connected to Microsoft's support documents for the Xbox network and ecosystem, and can respond to questions and even process game refunds. "This agent can help you with your Xbox support questions," reads a description of the Xbox chatbot internally at Microsoft.
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Microsoft expanded the testing pool for its Xbox chatbot more broadly in recent days, suggesting that this prototype "Xbox Support Virtual Agent" may one day handle support queries for all Xbox customers. Microsoft confirmed the existence of its chatbot to The Verge.

"We are testing an Xbox Support Virtual Agent, an internal prototype of an animated character that can query Xbox Support topics with voice or text," says Haiyan Zhang, general manager of gaming AI at Xbox, in a statement to The Verge. "The prototype makes it easier and quicker for players to get help with support topics using natural language, taking information from existing Xbox Support pages."
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Microsoft's prototype Xbox chatbot is part of a broader effort inside Microsoft Gaming to bring AI-powered features and tools to the Xbox platform and developer tools. Sources tell me that Microsoft is also working on bringing AI features to game content creation, game operations, and its Xbox platform and devices. This includes experimenting with AI-generated art and assets for games, AI game testing, and the generative AI NPCs that Microsoft has already partnered with Inworld to develop.

Microsoft is also considering building AI-powered Copilots for safety and moderation tasks, including content moderation on the Xbox platform and to help with enforcement and appeals processes. Microsoft is also looking at how it could add AI-powered assistants into games, providing ways for players to get help while they play.
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Gamernyc78 said:
Unfortunately it is our future :(
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Sadly yeah. They are putting AI in everything. Even Google Search forced that generative AI crap on me a couple of days ago with no way to opt-out. What's worse is that they are killing a lot of websites with it. I have a friend who runs a travel blog, Google stole his content to feed its AI chatbot and now ranks chatbot answers on his keywords with the exact info rephrased. Apparently, that's happening with everyone in travel, gaming, tech etc. And they also have a deal with Reddit for user generated content. I guess that explains why so much Reddit when I search for things now. Human generated content is gonna die at this rate.
 
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They did the impossible,
they made Xbox even worse somehow.

Now when your shitty Xbox stops working you'll have to deal with nonsensical AI chatbot trained to bullshit you.

Gamernyc78 said:
Unfortunately it is our future :(
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AI will be my future when it can properly suck my dick, at that point I'll capitulate.

Until then, I want my games hand made with as little AI as possible in their making. When you get hacked or your console breaks the last thing you should want is an AI taking care of your problem instead of an actual human.
 
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Better off replacing their management with AI. Skynet would be more productive than Spencer, Bond, Greenberg and Booty.
 
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Maybe the time devoted to this is why bing's image generator has been broken all fucking day.
 
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Zzero said:
Maybe the time devoted to this is why bing's image generator has been broken all fucking day.
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Fall Children GIF by Bing Bunny

Being a shit search engine...it's a Bing thing.
 
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