Saber Interactive CEO Confirms AI Use in Rideshare Game After Publicly Berating Fired Lead Writer
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Source: futurism.com ↗
"I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI. At least we would be dealing with someone programmed to be honest."
Stella Sacco, the former lead writer on Saber Interactive's upcoming Rideshare "Stimulator", says she was fired in December 2023 and replaced mid-development by ChatGPT. The game's trailer, released last month, appears to feature AI-written and AI-voiced dialogue. Saber's Steam listing carries no AI-content disclosure, which the platform requires.
CEO Matthew Karch initially denied replacing any writers with AI, then confirmed to The Verge that the game "incorporates AI," then issued a statement to This Week In Video Games in which he said he had to ask Claude who Sacco even was, called her replacement "someone more talented," and added that he would "frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI. At least we would be dealing with someone programmed to be honest." Sacco's response was measured: "This screed will be many people's first exposure to the Saber brand."