"This week, fancy mouse manufacturer Razer showed off an "improved" version of its Project Ava at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. Ava is an AI-powered assistant designed to analyze game footage and offer real-time advice while you play, and while the project isn't new, its latest iteration is a freestanding peripheral that displays a cat-eared anime girl trapped in a glass tube who just kind of stands there while Ava robotically delivers advice."
"Reports from , , and mention Ava being unable to answer basic questions about the game it's supposed to be analyzing, offering blatantly incorrect commentary, constantly veering off-topic with pointless asides, and generally skeeving out the writers interacting with it thanks to its flirtatious personality. Oh, and it's also running on Grok, the chatbot model that's mostly being used to create nonconsensual sexual material of unsuspecting women and girls over on X.com."
"Around the same time that Razer's AI catgirl prison was revealed, a patent for Sony's latest proposed intrusion of AI into games also surfaced. Filed in 2024, the tech would use AI to offer varying levels of help to players stuck on difficult parts of games, as reports. Options range from displaying a ghostly avatar pointing the player toward goals to the AI taking the reins and completing difficult sections on its own."
Generative AI has spread into multiple stages of game development and is increasingly being used to play games or assist players. Razer unveiled an updated Project Ava at CES 2026: a freestanding peripheral that displays a cat-eared anime figure and promises real-time analysis and advice by analyzing game footage. Early reports indicate Ava struggles with basic game questions, gives incorrect commentary, goes off-topic, and displays a flirtatious persona while running on Grok, a model linked to nonconsensual sexual content creation. Sony filed a 2024 patent for AI that can offer hints or autonomously complete difficult game sections, raising functional and ethical concerns.
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