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Darragh Murphy

What is Nvidia ACE? The AI tech turning NPCs into 'living' characters

Video game character powered by Nvidia ACE.

AI has been a driving force in evolving PC gaming for a good while now, most notably with Nvidia DLSS 4.5 upscaling resolution and delivering frame generation. But how about in the games we actually play? Enter: Nvidia ACE.

Nvidia's suite of AI tech is made to bring another level of immersion to in-game characters, effectively bringing these non-playable characters (NPCs) to "life" using small AI models — instead of pre-written or recorded scripts. So, less repetitive "and then I took an arrow in the knee" and more dynamic, natural conversation.

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