Project G-Assist: Nvidia shows AI assistants for gaming
Nvidia has shown a chatbot that can change the graphics settings of games in response to text requests. The AI also recognizes what is happening on the screen.
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Nvidia presented an AI assistant for gaming at Computex: Called Project G-Assist, the chatbot can be called up via an in-game overlay while playing. It has access to the performance metrics that Nvidia's overlay collects and can answer text questions about performance.
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The Nvidia chatbot also has direct access to the settings of video games and PCs. It can therefore not only provide information about the current performance, but also intervene directly - for example by changing the graphics settings or overclocking the GPU. Among other things, users can ask the chatbot to optimize the settings for image quality or to aim for at least 60 FPS.
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According to an Nvidia blog entry, the assistant also helps to detect possible misconfigurations. For example, the AI tool can indicate that the screen resolution or refresh rate is set incorrectly. PC enthusiasts will hardly need such tips and automatic performance improvements, especially as all settings can also be made manually. However, newcomers and less experienced gamers may find the AI answers helpful.
Answers to the screen content
Nvidia's Project G-Assist has a second area of application: it can provide information about the game itself, as long as the developers have created a knowledge database. The chatbot, which is called up via an overlay, recognizes what is currently happening on the screen and can answer questions about it.
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In an example screenshot from Nvidia, a dinosaur is running across the screen in "Ark: Survival Ascended". The user asks the Nvidia AI how to tame it. Nvidia's chatbot then first uses image recognition to recognize the type of dinosaur that is currently stomping across the screen and can answer the question using information from the database. The chatbot can also give tips on the best weapon for starting the game or suitable skills from the skill tree.
Nvidia describes Project G-Assist as a "glimpse into the future". It is unclear if and when the AI chatbot will be released.
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