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Meta is bringing AI-powered NPCs to the metaverse

Developers building for Meta's metaverse platform will soon be able to create AI-powered NPCs for Horizon Worlds.

Once available, developers will be able to use Meta’s Worlds Desktop Editor to create NPCs that can hold “lifelike” conversations with players via voice chat. In a blog post, Meta shared a video that shows how developers can customize their characters’ appearance and create a backstory and instructions that determine how it responds to players. And given that its Connect event is just a few weeks away, there’s a good chance we’ll hear more about how generative AI is changing Meta’s virtual worlds very soon.

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