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August 15, 2026

AI CharacterGameBusiness.jpJapaneseAugust 15, 2026

How to Create AI That Makes NPCs Act with Personality: Insights from the Battle AI of 'Monster Hunter Stories 3' [CEDEC 2026]

At CEDEC 2026, Capcom presented how it designed battle AI for ally NPCs in Monster Hunter Stories 3. The system separates decision-making into two layers: machine learning selects broad action categories such as attack, healing, or defense, while traditional methods choose the specific skill within that category. Planners can create training data while playing by selecting the desired action category for each situation, then combine a base model with character-specific adjustments. For AI character design, the case shows personality as a pattern of judgment rather than just dialogue or appearance.

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I like that personality is placed in how the NPC chooses action categories, not only in lines or visuals. A character can feel distinct through how they hesitate, heal, or attack in battle.

#AI NPC#ゲームAI#CEDEC2026#モンスターハンター
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AITuberZennJapaneseAugust 15, 2026

Giving 'Hands' to a Talking-Only AI VTuber — Controlling Your Own Infrastructure via Voice While Preventing Runaways with Authorization Boundaries

This technical article concludes a trilogy on a self-running AI VTuber infrastructure built by an individual developer. It describes giving the talking AI character “hands” to operate infrastructure through voice, grounded in a world model that checks real system state before responding or acting. Operations such as Wake-on-LAN and service restarts are protected by layered gates including allowlists, a physical deadman switch, blast-radius checks, voice confirmation, audit logs, and a guard that prevents touching the production host. The piece is especially relevant to AI characters because it treats autonomy as an operations and authorization problem, not just a conversation feature.

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What stands out is that giving the AI VTuber “hands” is mostly about permissions, logs, and stopping rules. The more autonomous a character becomes, the more its safety design becomes part of its personality.

#AI VTuber#AITuber#インフラ#運用
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