As reported by All About AI, in 2025 Sony was granted a patent for an AI-generated ghost player that can help you out when you’re stuck. (Sony applied for the patent in 2023; these things take time.) The patent proposes an in-game interface that accepts “natural language queries” to identify which bit of the game you’re stuck on, and then can either show you how to overcome the obstacle or take over and do it for you. I guess via possession?
The “ghost character” who provides “ghost assistance” will be based on footage of other players, presumably scraped from YouTube by AI. There’s already a Game Help feature on Playstation 5 that can bring up relevant videos when you’re stuck, and this seems like a less jarring implementation of that.
