{"id":1804699,"date":"2026-03-03T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804699"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:25:59","slug":"just-like-playstation-microsoft-has-filed-a-patent-for-an-ai-helper-thatll-play-games-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804699","title":{"rendered":"Just like PlayStation, Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI helper that&#8217;ll play games for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Just like PlayStation, Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI helper that&#8217;ll play games for you<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Robots in deez guides.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Untitled-2_Zy1Ynf6.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Robotic figure with an Xbox logo overlay.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Untitled-2_Zy1Ynf6.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Adobe \/ Microsoft \/ Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-03T18:25:59+00:00\">March 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nFollowing the discovery of a Sony patent application for an AI PlayStation game assistant earlier this year, a similarly themed patent filing has been spotted from Microsoft, this time concerning an AI helper that can temporarily take over an Xbox session and play a game for you.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs unearthed by <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/microsoft-patents-xbox-system-human-helpers\/\">Tech4Games<\/a>, Microsoft filed the recently published patent application &#8211; concerning &#8220;state management for video game help sessions&#8221; &#8211; back in 2024. It&#8217;s intended to offer a solution to what the company calls the &#8220;rudimentary&#8221; currently available methods of getting help to &#8220;overcome in-game difficulties&#8221; &#8211; methods that, it says, take &#8220;a great deal of effort.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpecifically, Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/detail.jsf?docId=WO2026035323&amp;_fid=US473424368\">patent filing<\/a> discusses the implementation of cloud-based help sessions which might involve text, chat, or video-based communication &#8211; and which would give players the option to temporarily transfer control of their current gaming session to &#8220;another game player&#8221;. Then, once the session is complete, an &#8220;updated help session state&#8221; is obtained &#8211; and the player can either accept it and proceed with the game from that point, or reject it and return to the starting state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs for what&#8217;s meant by &#8220;another game player&#8221;, Microsoft says the assistant could either be &#8220;a human being or, in some cases, a machine learning model&#8221;. It then outlines what it calls a &#8220;generative model&#8221; for help sessions, which might be capable recognising objects in input images, and which could be used to produce a combination of &#8220;text, images, video, audio, application states, code, or other modalities as inputs and\/or&#8230; outputs.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nThe rest of the patent is largely concerned with the specifics of how game sessions might be triggered and end, but there&#8217;s a brief detour where Microsoft suggests game helpers could be given ratings &#8211; an overall rating, as well as ratings for specific genres, games, and even for elements of a particular game &#8211; which might then be used when selecting a helper for a session.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf nothing else, it&#8217;s an interesting glimpse into Microsoft&#8217;s vision of game help back in 2024 (also, the included pictures of angels trying to skateboard up steps are neat!), especially given last year&#8217;s beta launch of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-will-soon-add-ai-copilot-to-minecraft-offering-real-time-advice\">Xbox Gaming Copilot<\/a> &#8211; an AI-driven &#8220;personal gaming sidekick&#8221;, designed to offer real-time advice in games such as Minecraft.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1315\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/microsoft-ai-game-help-filing-illustration.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4600760456273765\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"microsoft-ai-game-help-filing-illustration.jpg\" height=\"1315\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4600760456273765\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThe company&#8217;s patent filing also makes for an interesting comparison with Sony, whose own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-has-patented-an-ai-gaming-ghost-that-will-play-playstation-games-for-you-when-you-get-stuck\">recently surfaced game help filing<\/a> proposed an in-game AI &#8216;ghost&#8217; that could assist PlayStation players if they get stuck in a game &#8211; either by offering guidance or instruction, or simply by completing a section for them.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nOf course, AI &#8211; particularly generative AI &#8211; remains massively controversial. Aside from the substantial ethical and environmental concerns surrounding the technology, the huge quantities of RAM needed to power it is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">causing strife for the consumer electronics industry<\/a> amid memory shortages and soaring prices caused by tech giants&#8217; escalating AI arms race. Already, Valve has confirmed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-admits-its-steam-machine-and-steam-frame-will-be-delayed-due-to-ram-and-storage-price-surges\">delay for its Steam Machines<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-blames-dwindling-steam-deck-supplies-on-ram-and-storage-shortages-as-ai-driven-demand-further-threatens-games-industry\">dwindling Steam Deck supplies<\/a>, while Nintendo is reportedly mulling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> price hike and Sony is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-reportedly-mulling-ps6-delay-while-nintendo-eyes-switch-2-price-hike\">said to be considering a PS6 delay<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAI&#8217;s increasingly negative associations recently also led Xbox&#8217;s new head of gaming, Asha Sharma, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-new-head-of-gaming-has-no-tolerance-for-bad-ai-following-concerns-about-the-proliferation-of-ai-slop-and-sharmas-tech-background\">decry &#8220;bad AI&#8221;<\/a>, following concerns about the proliferation of AI slop and her previous role as Microsoft&#8217;s president of CoreAI.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nFollowing the discovery of a Sony patent application for an AI PlayStation game assistant earlier this year, a similarly themed patent filing has been spotted from Microsoft, this time concerning an AI helper that can temporarily take over an Xbox session and play a game for you.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs unearthed by <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/microsoft-patents-xbox-system-human-helpers\/\">Tech4Games<\/a>, Microsoft filed the recently published patent application &#8211; concerning &#8220;state management for video game help sessions&#8221; &#8211; back in 2024. It&#8217;s intended to offer a solution to what the company calls the &#8220;rudimentary&#8221; currently available methods of getting help to &#8220;overcome in-game difficulties&#8221; &#8211; methods that, it says, take &#8220;a great deal of effort.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpecifically, Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/detail.jsf?docId=WO2026035323&amp;_fid=US473424368\">patent filing<\/a> discusses the implementation of cloud-based help sessions which might involve text, chat, or video-based communication &#8211; and which would give players the option to temporarily transfer control of their current gaming session to &#8220;another game player&#8221;. Then, once the session is complete, an &#8220;updated help session state&#8221; is obtained &#8211; and the player can either accept it and proceed with the game from that point, or reject it and return to the starting state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs for what&#8217;s meant by &#8220;another game player&#8221;, Microsoft says the assistant could either be &#8220;a human being or, in some cases, a machine learning model&#8221;. It then outlines what it calls a &#8220;generative model&#8221; for help sessions, which might be capable recognising objects in input images, and which could be used to produce a combination of &#8220;text, images, video, audio, application states, code, or other modalities as inputs and\/or&#8230; outputs.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nThe rest of the patent is largely concerned with the specifics of how game sessions might be triggered and end, but there&#8217;s a brief detour where Microsoft suggests game helpers could be given ratings &#8211; an overall rating, as well as ratings for specific genres, games, and even for elements of a particular game &#8211; which might then be used when selecting a helper for a session.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf nothing else, it&#8217;s an interesting glimpse into Microsoft&#8217;s vision of game help back in 2024 (also, the included pictures of angels trying to skateboard up steps are neat!), especially given last year&#8217;s beta launch of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-will-soon-add-ai-copilot-to-minecraft-offering-real-time-advice\">Xbox Gaming Copilot<\/a> &#8211; an AI-driven &#8220;personal gaming sidekick&#8221;, designed to offer real-time advice in games such as Minecraft.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1315\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/microsoft-ai-game-help-filing-illustration.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4600760456273765\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"microsoft-ai-game-help-filing-illustration.jpg\" height=\"1315\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4600760456273765\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThe company&#8217;s patent filing also makes for an interesting comparison with Sony, whose own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-has-patented-an-ai-gaming-ghost-that-will-play-playstation-games-for-you-when-you-get-stuck\">recently surfaced game help filing<\/a> proposed an in-game AI &#8216;ghost&#8217; that could assist PlayStation players if they get stuck in a game &#8211; either by offering guidance or instruction, or simply by completing a section for them.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nOf course, AI &#8211; particularly generative AI &#8211; remains massively controversial. Aside from the substantial ethical and environmental concerns surrounding the technology, the huge quantities of RAM needed to power it is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">causing strife for the consumer electronics industry<\/a> amid memory shortages and soaring prices caused by tech giants&#8217; escalating AI arms race. Already, Valve has confirmed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-admits-its-steam-machine-and-steam-frame-will-be-delayed-due-to-ram-and-storage-price-surges\">delay for its Steam Machines<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-blames-dwindling-steam-deck-supplies-on-ram-and-storage-shortages-as-ai-driven-demand-further-threatens-games-industry\">dwindling Steam Deck supplies<\/a>, while Nintendo is reportedly mulling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> price hike and Sony is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-reportedly-mulling-ps6-delay-while-nintendo-eyes-switch-2-price-hike\">said to be considering a PS6 delay<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAI&#8217;s increasingly negative associations recently also led Xbox&#8217;s new head of gaming, Asha Sharma, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-new-head-of-gaming-has-no-tolerance-for-bad-ai-following-concerns-about-the-proliferation-of-ai-slop-and-sharmas-tech-background\">decry &#8220;bad AI&#8221;<\/a>, following concerns about the proliferation of AI slop and her previous role as Microsoft&#8217;s president of CoreAI.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Just like PlayStation, Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI helper that&#8217;ll play games for you Robots in deez guides. 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