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Gigabyte's AI Arcade Computex demo was a glimpse of the future of gaming and art

At Computex 2024, Gigabyte turned what you’d think about AI in gaming on its head

Gigabyte’s AI Arcade accepted the novelty tokens into a tall coin-up machine and gave both players a randomized prompt to finish: “If I had a magic key, I would…” Kevin won with a simple, but more outlandish prompt: “…rob all the banks” which the AI illustrated with a sly-looking vault-pilfering character akin to Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy. But the point of the demo was clear: AI can be used for a fun and exciting gameplay mechanic, harnessing the power of LLMs and text-to-image tools like Midjourney for something original and new.

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