{"id":22031,"date":"2023-10-04T17:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=22031"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:18:34","slug":"20231004-22031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231004-22031\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent company of Cygames to delve into research and development of game generation AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese digital advertising company CyberAgent announced the establishment of a \u201cGame AI Lab\u201d and \u201cAnimation AI Lab\u201d on October 4 (JST). Through these new offices, the company will delve into research and development of generative AI technology for use in the process of game development and animation production respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0AI Lab\u65b0\u8a2d\u3011<br>AI Lab\u3068\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30fb\u30a8\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30c6\u30a4\u30f3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u4e8b\u696d\u90e8\u5171\u540c\u3067\u300c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0AI Lab\u300d\u3092\u65b0\u8a2d\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u751f\u6210AI\u6280\u8853\u306e\u7814\u7a76\u958b\u767a\u304a\u3088\u3073\u793e\u4f1a\u5b9f\u88c5\u306b\u53d6\u308a\u7d44\u307f\u3001\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u958b\u767a\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u65b0\u4e16\u4ee3\u306e\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\u30d5\u30ed\u30fc\u3068\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u4f53\u9a13\u306e\u69cb\u7bc9\u3092\u76ee\u6307\u3057\u3066\u307e\u3044\u308a\u307e\u3059<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qVDvoJrcOo\">https:\/\/t.co\/qVDvoJrcOo<\/a>\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u30b5\u30a4\u30d0\u30fc\u30a8\u30fc\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c8\u3000\u5e83\u5831\uff06IR (@CyberAgent_PR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyberAgent_PR\/status\/1709381358714523862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> (Founding of Animation AI Lab) Our AI Lab and Animation division have come together to establish the \u201cAnimation AI Lab,\u201d which will work on the development of generative AI for the animation industry, establishing new production processes for animation and producing high quality anime. The &#8220;Game AI Lab&#8221; has also been established simultaneously. (\u2026)<br>(Founding of Game AI Lab) Our AI Lab and Video game\/Entertainment Division have jointly established the \u201cGame AI Lab,\u201d which will work on research and development of game generation AI and its social implementation, aiming to build a next-generation game development workflow and user experience. (\u2026)<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CyberAgent is the parent company of video game development studio Cygames, known for IPs such as Granblue Fantasy and Rage of Bahamut. The company is also active in the anime industry, and was involved in the production of titles such as Oshi no Ko and Zombie Land Saga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberagent.co.jp\/news\/detail\/id=29393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> by CyberAgent, the company has had an \u201cAI Lab\u201d since 2016, which worked on utilizing AI technology in advertising and developing a Japanese language LLM (Large-scale Language Model). From May 2023, they had formed an AI Strategy department within their Game and Entertainment division, striving to improve game quality and development efficiency by developing AI-based scenario creation and level design support tools and similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"464\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231004-22031-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231004-22031-001.jpg 824w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231004-22031-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231004-22031-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231004-22031-001-768x432.jpg 768w, 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natural language processing, reinforcement learning,sound processing and synthesis, level design, video generation, 3D\/animation, song\/BGM\/SE generation, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"464\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0.jpg 824w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/29392_ext_03_0-746x420.jpg 746w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the Animation AI Lab is described as having been established with the purpose of \u201cresearching the latest animation production processes, including the production of backgrounds and characters, character movement, voices and background music, as well as developing a new animation production process that utilizes generative AI.\u201d The scope of the research of the Animation AI Lab will include image and video generation, animation and motion generation, rendering, lip-syncing, voice synthesis, background music, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For both the Game AI Lab and the Animation AI Lab, CyberAgent stresses that they will put effort towards the research 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