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Google wants to change the way video games are built. And they’re using artificial intelligence to do it.

What’s happening:

  • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has launched a new experimental gaming platform known as Playground

Why it matters:

  • Google’s Playground allows users to build browser games based from text prompts using Google’s Gemini models

Going deeper:

  • Google’s Playground is purpose built to allow users to build playable games without any coding and leverages Google’s Nano Banana and Lyria models for images and music
  • Google is initially rolling out Playground in the United States for users 18 and over
  • Unity Software (NYSE: U) and Google have also notably formed a partnership as part of the Playground launch to integrate Unity Spark for high-fidelity 3D graphics sometime this year