- Sony has patented AI-generated podcasts that would be hosted by PlayStation characters
- Character voices would be generated by AI and present in-game news to the player.
- The AI podcast hosts would also talk about hardware or software upgrades and might even “joke at the video game player’s expense.”
Sony has reportedly obtained a new patent for AI-generated podcasts featuring the voices of its PlayStation characters.
As discovered by Tech4Gamers, Sony’s new patent, titled LLM-Based Generative Podcasts for Gamers, aims to create personalized podcasts for gamers hosted on its platform instead of tutorial videos or guides they can find online.
“As recognized here, video game platforms currently lack the ability to provide unique and specific content to players to update them on things happening on the platform,” the patent description reads. “There are currently no suitable solutions for the aforementioned technological problem related to computing.”
The patent, which was filed for in July 2024 and was recently granted in late January, is also described as a tool for “generating a data-related news podcast, in which the podcast presents the news in the voice of a video game character played by the player.”
This suggests that Sony intends to use generative AI voices developed from its PlayStation characters, such as god of war‘s Kratos, to create these podcast episodes.
It describes a scenario where the player boots up their console and sees a message that says, “Your custom podcast is available for today,” apparently tailored to the player’s recent gaming sessions.
The patent also suggests that players can request to exclude information, such as gaming news, or include details about games they don’t yet own.
“In an example implementation, the data associated with the video game player’s profile may include data related to a connection of the video game player as indicated in the video game player’s profile, with the podcast indicating news related to the connection’s gameplay,” the patent reads.
Sony also says that two video game characters could collaborate on a podcast, creating a crossover scenario and discussing topics like trophy achievements or a hardware/software update, as the drawings above show.
“In other news, there is a software update for Generation X, so update now,” reads an image showing an AI host. The AI co-host adds, “Also, next time try a spin move on the boss!”
It also states that AI podcast hosts “may include a joke at the expense of the video game player” and “may include a recommendation of an action the player should perform in the video game.”
This is just one of many patents Sony has reportedly filed that include the use of generative AI. Last month, it patented a new artificial intelligence technology that will take control of PlayStation games when the player gets stuck and, more recently, a touchscreen controller patent that does not include buttons or joysticks.
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