cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/61280947

Adding to the recent controversy surrounding Intel Arc GPU support—or lack thereof—in Crimson Desert, gamers recently flagged a very peculiar in-game painting, among other assets, as evidence of use of generative AI in the game. The image depicted a battlefield filled with cavalry, but many of the soldiers and their horses were blended into one another, and there were general inconsistencies in the image that stood out as being AI-generated. Despite the almost obvious use of generative AI, Pearl Abyss did not use Steam’s generative AI disclosure on the Crimson Desert store page. Now, three days after the AI-generated in-game art was discovered, Pearl Abyss has issued a statement, via the @CrimsonDesert_ account on X, acknowledging that it was AI-generated but also claiming that the artwork was not meant to make it into the final game.

  • YoFrodo@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    So either they thought they wouldn’t get caught in their deception of using AI art or their internal processes are so sloppy they didn’t notice they still had their AI placeholder art. Hanlons razor would say they are more likely incompetent than malicious so I’m inclined to believe them