Sony Announces Gran Turismo Sophy Artificial Intelligence Project

 

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Sony Interactive Entertainment, Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital and the newly established Sony AI division have jointly announced the development of an articifical intelligence agent that has learned how to play the Gran Turismo franchise, with the results that it has become a formidable opponent, and gives the franchise's top sim racers a run for their money.

 

Project overview and workflow

 

The agent, known as Gran Turismo Sophy was developed by Sony's AI division and used Sony Interactive Entertainment's cloud gaming infrastructure in close collaboration with Polyphony Digital to build a training platform and related infrastructure to learn from hundreds of Gran Turismo Sport players in two special in-game events called Race Together in 2021, which in turn allowed it to develop its own skills and surpass the abilities of the franchise's top sim racers. A new short documentary has been released elaborating on the development of the project and is embedded below. Two full-length races featuring Gran Turismo Sophy have also been uploaded to YouTube.

 

 

To celebrate the milestone, all three entities have also published a paper in the scientific journal Nature on the intent behind developing the AI agent, as well as elaborating on the real-world and virtual implications of developing artificial intelligence to learn game mechanics, racing ettiqutte and split-second decision making.

 

SOURCES: PR Newswire, Gran Turismo Sophy official site

 

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