Google is developing a DeepMind based AI that could end up being the ultimate virtual co-op buddy. It's not some play-to-win opponent or super-bot, but a general, instructible game-playing AI agent.
Google presented a research article (via @rowancheung) on what it calls a Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent (SIMA). The general idea is that it's a learning AI that can follow verbal instructions and understand the virtual world it's in. Rather than functioning as a hard-coded AI opponent or bot we've grown accustomed to over decades, Google's SIMA promises to a more natural and human-like gaming companion.
