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Read the BBC In your own language [...] Nvidia, Ubisoft and other huge tech companies are already experimenting with generative AI systems that allow players to hold more natural conversations with NPCs.

Future characters could remember past encounters, react to a player's actions and build relationships that change over time rather than following a pre-written script.

Ferchaud believes that could make games feel even more immersive. [...] For decades, video games have allowed players to build relationships with non-player characters, or NPCs.

Gamers could marry villagers in Harvest Moon in 1996, shape emotional storylines in Final Fantasy VII and pursue more complex romances in role-playing games like Baldur's Gate II.

In life simulator The Sims, they could flirt, date, marry and have children with computer-controlled characters.