Microsoft has launched a generative AI model, Muse, the first World and Human Action Model (WHAM) designed to enhance gameplay ideation.
Muse is developed by the Microsoft Research Game Intelligence and Teachable AI Experiences (Tai X) teams in collaboration with Xbox Game Studios’ Ninja Theory. It is capable of generating game visuals, and controller actions along with its combination, which means, it has the potential for game development and interactive storytelling.
Microsoft’s Muse Strives to Transform AI-Generated Gameplay
The research behind Muse aims to change AI-generated gameplay, which makes it more consistent and adaptable. Microsoft has taken a huge step by open-sourcing the model’s weights, sample data, and the WHAM Demonstrator. It is a concept prototype that facilitates interaction with WHAM models. Users can find these resources on Azure AI Foundry.
Katja Hofmann, senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research said, “I’m incredibly proud of our teams and the milestone we have achieved, not only by showing the rich structure of the game world that a model like Muse can learn but also by demonstrating how to develop research insights to support creative uses of generative AI models.”
Muse was trained on human gameplay data from Bleeding Edge, a 4v4 online game developed by Ninja Theory. The dataset includes visuals and controller actions spanning over 1 billion images and actions, amounting to more than 7 years of continuous gameplay. Gavin Costello said, “It’s been amazing to see the variety of ways Microsoft Research has used the Bleeding Edge environment and data to explore novel techniques in a rapidly moving AI industry.”
Microsoft scaled Muse’s training from V100 GPU clusters to H100s, which was inspired by the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
Cecily Mossison, another senior principal researcher manager at Microsoft, mentioned the importance of integrating game creators into the AI development process, “It was a great opportunity to join forces at this early stage to shape model capabilities to suit the needs of creatives right from the start, rather than try to retrofit an already developed technology.”
The announcement comes after tech mogul, Elon Musk recently announced the launch of an AI-powered gaming studio under his company.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/introducing-muse-our-first-generative-ai-model-designed-for-gameplay-ideation/
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