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Ashley Bardhan

"AI is not a shiny new feature," Xbox AI lead says, and "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades" from cheat detection to pathfinding

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As I'm sure you've learned to expect at this point into Microsoft's AI hobby, Microsoft Gaming representatives at this year's Game Developers Conference – attended by GamesRadar+ – were eager to discuss the topic. Especially because, as general manager for gaming AI at Xbox, Haiyan Zhang, reiterates, it's such an old topic.

"There are many strong voices at this GDC and across the industry when it comes to AI," Zhang observes during Microsoft's lecture on Responsible Innovation for Gameplay Experiences. "I think I speak for everyone in this room when I say, we're taking the stance that AI is not a shiny new feature. It's not a replacement for human creativity."

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