Nvidia-led NitroGen is a generalist video gaming AI that can play any title (www.tomshardware.com)

Nvidia, along with researchers from Stanford, Caltech, and other institutions, has unveiled NitroGen, an open-source video gaming AI capable of playing over 1,000 games. This innovative model, heralded as a "GPT for actions," extends large language model (LLM) technology into gaming, aiming to create generally capable embodied agents that thrive in unpredictable environments. By leveraging the GROOT N1.5 architecture, originally designed for robotics, NitroGen shows promise not just in gaming but also potentially benefits real-world applications in simulations and robotics. The researchers trained NitroGen using more than 40,000 hours of public gameplay footage, allowing it to adapt to diverse gaming styles, including RPG, platformer, and racing genres. Initial tests reveal a 52% improvement in task success rates over models trained from scratch, highlighting its effective motor control or "gamer instinct." As enthusiasts are invited to tinker with its open-source framework, NitroGen's development represents a significant step towards enabling AI to operate adeptly in complex and unforeseen settings, paving the way for a new era in gaming and AI applications.