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Toxicity in mobile gaming: quantifying the scale of the problem
Utopia Analytics' Janne Huuskonen details the scale of player toxicity in gaming, and the need for effective, AI-based moderation techniques
Gamer's Guerdon
StageZero raises $1.8 million to reward mobile gamers for training AI
Will include labelling tasks which can help train virtual assistants
Ai Innovation
Playtika opens new studio in Switzerland
Will focus on AI and R&D
Smarter
DeepMind's AI now being tested on Android version of The Battle of Polytopia
Part of the AndroidEnv release
Get Brainstorming
Jet Play launches its AI ideation platform Ludo
From $20 a month
New Thinking
AI and the future of gaming
How games are becoming clever
Smarter Thinking
How AI is disrupting the game creation process
Learn more from this video roundtable
A.i. Let's Go
How A.I. is changing mobile games and the industry at large
Ubisoft, Zynga, Wargaming and Modl.ai industry experts discuss
Jobs In Games
Why Unity's Danny Lange believes AI is pushing the games industry forward
"There is a strong shift underway towards data-driven approaches to development."
Ludo Ai
Need an idea for a hit new game? Ask Ludo AI
Ludo opens up to the world and early adopters will get an opportunity to access the platform free of charge
Remote Working
"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman
"Imagine teleporting instantly from a crowded, busy office to a secluded mountain retreat or an exciting city."
Arm Acquisition
Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Preparing for the "age of AI" with the acquisition
Ai Monetisation
How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI
Yodo1 explains the benefits of using AI in your monetisation
See You In Court
Apple faces new $1.4 billion lawsuit over patent infringement
"We are disappointed Xiao-i Robot has filed another lawsuit"
A Caring Cause
Tru Luv looks to its next phase of emotionally-aware AI development after new funding round
Also looking to hire new key staff members
Expansion
Square Enix branches out into "entertainment AI" with forming of new company
Square Enix AI and Arts Alchmey Co. will spearhead research and development
Splash The Cash
Tencent is investing $70 billion into tech infrastructures
Including cloud computing and cybersecurity
Artomatix Acquisition
Unity Technologies acquires AI specialist Artomatix
For an undisclosed sum
To The Future
AI solution startup Modl.ai secures $1.7 in seed funding
It will be used to expand on an international level
Bytedance Levels Up
TikTok owner ByteDance picks up Beijing AI developer LevelupAI
Expanding its games portfolio even further
Big Money
Xiaomi looking to invest $7 billion in AI, 5G and internet technologies in the next five years
It previously promised to invest $1.43 billion
Let It Go
Jam City launches new mobile game Frozen Adventures
The movie is out on November 22nd
Job News
John Carmack leaving Oculus CTO position
Will still serve in a consulting role for the VR firm
New Tech
Appier launches new marketing solution to re-engage mobile gamers
“Aictivate is powered by Appier’s tried and tested AI, helping gaming companies recoup lost revenue”
Project Imagination
Qualcomm partners with Tencent and Vivo to create new AI game experiences on mobile
Optimise experience in games including Honour of Kings
Slang And All
GDC 2019: Clinc unveils voice AI that is designed to understand natural language in games
Will it recognise Yorkshire though?
Women In Games
Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Animated
DeepMotion partners with Samsung to bring AR dance moves to mobile
DeepMotion's handheld motion capture could mean big things for next-gen mobile gaming
Artificial Intelligence
4 ways China’s AI industry could transform video games in the country across the world
Mobvista investigates the hot new tech and its potential effects
Acquisition News
Animoca Brands picks up majority stake in AI accelerator Zeroth for $1m
Publisher underwrites $2m worth of investment into Zeroth SPC
Fraud Against The Machine
Mobile gaming apps are the biggest victim of fraudulent app installs
Analysis of the impact of app install fraud
Machine Learning
4 ways games companies can leverage machine learning
How games makers could be more effectively leveraging the petabytes of big data they’re accruing
Cloud
Candy Crush dev King moves core data infrastructure and AI platform to Google Cloud
Partnership could also see collaboration on machine learning efforts
Acquisition
Game of Whales acquires tracking app Appstatics
AI-powered tool acquires tracking app on its way to becoming a fully automated management platform
Investment
Animoca Brands receives $1.08m investment from Lympo and Sun Hung Kai
Publisher and developer to use the funding to open up opportunities in AI and blockchain
Write In
Interactive fiction specialist Dr Emily Short joins the Spirit AI board
Two-year Character Engine product manager takes on the role of executive director at Spirit
Machine Learning
Keywords snaps up predictive analytics outfit Yokozuna Data from Silicon Studio in $1.5m deal
Draws on AI and machine learning tech
Card Draw
How Supercell uses machine learning to automate monetisation in Clash Royale
Mobile hit uses multiple factors to target the right cards at the right users
Branded
Mobile publisher Animoca Brands raises $4.5 million through over-subscribed share placement
The Hong Kong-based publisher also entered a partnership with HTC
Acquisition
Pokemon Go developer Niantic acquires London-based machine learning outfit Matrix Mill
AI research outfit join the augmented reality giant
Job News
Kabam co-founder Holly Liu joins the Animoca Brands board of directors
Leading games entrepreneur sees potential in Animoca’s AI and blockchain endeavours
Allied Forces
Spirit AI reveals slew of updates to social behaviour tool Ally
Software uses AI and natural language science to keep the trolls at bay
Beep Boop
Ubisoft’s chatbot assistant Sam launches worldwide
French publisher hopes its pocket assistant will maximise users’ game experience
Artificial Intelligence
Why games developer Kixeye raised $20 million for machine learning
CMO John Getze explains the company's plans
Witness The Fitness
Animoca Brands nabs investment to create AI-based exercise app
Animoca Brands’ subsidiary OliveX to lead the development
Google Io
AI shines at Google keynote event
The first day of the Mountain View showcase introduced us to a range of AI enhancements
Automated Offers
New machine learning-powered app monetisation tool Game of Whales launches
Data from tests claims 25 per cent increase in daily revenues
Funding Round
Mobile developer Kixeye raises $20 million for machine learning platform
Tech to help studios optimise marketing, monetisation and retention
Perfect Match?
How Gameway's 'Tinder for games' aims to improve mobile discoverability
CEO Ben Woolf discusses a rebrand, AI and crowdfunding
Learn Something New
King General Manager and Studio Head Catharina Lavers Mallet joins AI start-up Talla as COO
Leaves London and mobile games for Boston and AI