Elon Musk claims xAI will make an “AI-generated game” before the end of 2026

Elon Musk has once again taken to X to make an incredibly bold promise regarding his artificial intelligence company, xAI. In a tweet yesterday, Musk claimed that the ‘xAI Game Studio' will produce a full-scale AI-generated video game by the end of next year.

This (via IGN) follows up on a statement from about a year ago, where Musk first announced his intention for xAI to enter the gaming space to “make games amazing again”, complaining about the influence of large conglomerates on the industry. While xAI's Grok chatbot is a capable large language model, the leap from a chatbot to a complete video game studio is quite substantial, especially considering that it's supposed to happen within a year or so.

This ambitious timeline stands in stark contrast to the more grounded predictions of industry experts. Sometime ago, Nvidia's VP of Applied Deep Learning Research, Bryan Catanzaro, stated that he doesn't believe AI will be able to create games in a way where you write a prompt and it generates a game from it. He views AI's role as an enhancement tool that interfaces with game engines, like neural rendering, rather than as a complete replacement for them.

While advancements in generative AI have been progressing at a breakneck pace, the consensus among game developers is that the technology is still best used as a tool to accelerate and assist human creativity, rather than replace it entirely, at least for the foreseeable future.

KitGuru says: Musk is famous for setting ambitious deadlines, and it seems this one is no different. We'll have to wait and see if xAI can deliver on this promise, but for now, it seems very unlikely.

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