Saber: We won’t replace staff with AI, outlines AI use in Rideshare Stimulator

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Saber faced backlash after a former Rideshare Stimulator writer said they were laid off and replaced by ChatGPT and the company’s CEO reacted publicly. Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits promised Saber will not fire people and replace them with AI, and clarified that the game’s main campaign dialogue is written by humans. The studio plans to use generative AI only in a separate “free ride” mode to generate current-events dialogue with weekly or biweekly updates, and says its other projects do not use AI. This response addresses player and worker concerns about job displacement and transparency around AI usage in game development.

• Tim Willits vowed Saber will never fire an employee and replace them with AI.
• Rideshare Stimulator’s main campaign dialogue is written by human writers.
• A separate “free ride” mode will use generative AI to produce current-events dialogue, updated weekly or biweekly.
• Saber says its other upcoming projects — Hellraiser, Turok, Stuntman, and Space Marine — do not use AI.