The series takes a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Gran Turismo Sophy, a major breakthrough in AI for games and entertainment
TOKYO, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Sony AIcreated with a mission to unleash human imagination and creativity through artificial intelligence (AI), today announced its episodic film series “The team behind GT Sophy,” was invited to participate in the 22n/a Tribeca Festival in official selection of the Tribeca X Competition. The Tribeca Festival, which takes place June 7e – 18e In New York Cityis one of the world’s most renowned film festivals, bringing together artists and diverse audiences to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, television, music, audio storytelling, games and entertainment. immersion.
The three-part documentary series is a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Gran Turismo Sophy (GT Sophy), the first superhuman AI operative to out-compete the world’s best racers in the highly realistic PlayStation.®4 racing simulation games, Gran Turismo™(GT) Sporty. The docuseries explore the science, creativity and ingenuity of AI innovation through the eyes of Sony AI’s team of world-class researchers and engineers from around the world.
The films chronicle their quest to virtually develop and train the AI agent in seven cities across three continents – from Tokyo apartment where a Sony AI developer first tinkered with GT Sophy’s ancestors in Zürich complex where veteran researchers obsessively analyzed every spinout on massive monitors, all amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The films offer viewers insight into the trials and tribulations they experienced during the development process and showcase the tremendous accomplishments of the team and GT Sophy. The three parts are visible on the Sony AI YouTube Channel.
“A behind-the-scenes look at AI development at this scale is rare, and we were proud to open our doors to show off the innovation, collaboration, and raw skill it took from the many teams that worked to create our revolutionary game agent, GT Sophy, including Polyphony Digital, Sony Interactive Entertainment and even the professional Gran Turismo™(GT) Sports Drivers,” said Michael Spranger, COO Sony Research. “The Tribeca Festival is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment, and aligns with our mission to develop AI to enhance human imagination and creativity. We are honored to have the opportunity to share our work with the wider creative community.
The episodic series was a Godfrey Dadich Partners x Hakuhodo production, directed and produced by Paula Chowles in partnership with the Sony AI communications team.
GT Sophy was trained using a new deep reinforcement learning platform developed in collaboration between Sony AI, Polyphony Digital Inc. and Sony Interactive Entertainment. GT Sophy’s mastery of the complex sport of racing car driving in GT Sport was heralded as a new breakthrough in AI and was published in the February 10eissue 2022 of Nature in an article entitled Outperform Champion Gran Turismo Drivers with Deep Reinforcement Learning.
All the details on the GT Sophy project are available on the Gran Turismo Sophy website.
Tribeca X celebrates the intersection of advertising and entertainment and honors creators and brands who share a love of creativity and a mission to connect with consumers through the power of storytelling. The winning films will be announced during the screening on June 14, 2023.
About Sony AI
Sony AI, a division of Sony Research, was founded as a subsidiary of Sony Group on April 1, 2020, with a mission to “unleash human imagination and creativity through AI”. Sony AI aims to combine cutting-edge artificial intelligence research and development with Sony Group’s imaging and sensing technology, robotics technology and entertainment assets such as movies, music and games to accelerate transforming Sony into an AI-powered company and creating new business opportunities. . To achieve this, Sony AI has launched four flagship projects so far aimed at the evolution and application of AI technology in gaming, imaging and sensing, gastronomy and food. ethics of AI. For more information, visit https://ai.sony.com.
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