Summary
Elon Muskis a bit of a gamer - that much is true. He often posts hisunfiltered opinions about certain titlesvia his Twitter account,most infamously his horrific Elden Ring build, and he loves them so much that he allegedlythreatened Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red with an antique gunduring one of Grimes' recording sessions to try and get a cameo appearance in the game.
Whether we like it or not, he’s a gamer through and through, but it now seems like the billionaire may be getting ready to step into game development too.In a recent post to Twitter, Musk made the claim that far too many game studios are owned by “massive corporations” these days, and says that he’s going to set up an AI game studio to “make games great again”.
Elon Musk Is Planning To Set Up An AI Game Studio
More specifically, Musk says that xAI (his artificial intelligence firm) will set up the game studio, though whether he’s actually serious about these plans is another matter entirely. A random declaration in a throwaway tweet isn’t really enough to confirm that these plans are actually in motion, though it wouldn’t be all that surprising given the billionaire’s love of the medium.
Elon Musk also owns several “massive corporations”.
If Musk is serious about this game studio, then that will be a concern for many game developers out there that are already trying topush back against generative AI in video games. Whether it be generative AI for voice acting or art, its practice is widely hated by the majority of the games industry, withvideo game actors union SAG-AFTRA’s strike over the use of AI still ongoing.
It’s still early doors though, and we’re yet to see any meaningful announcement from Musk or xAI about this supposed game studio. Right now, it’s just Musk’s slightly nonsensical ramblings on Twitter, and we know from hisproposed cage fight with Mark Zuckerbergthat not everything he says there actually ends up happening.
