Image via Unigine\/Saber Interactive<\/p>\n
Publisher and developer Saber Interactive is promising to update the Steam Page of its recently-announced game Rideshare “Stimulator” with an AI disclosure after defending itself from claims that it and developer Unigine replaced writers with generative AI.<\/p>\n
A Saber Interactive spokesperson confirmed the news to Game Developer after we inquired about claims made by veteran game writer Stella Sacco, who posted on Bluesky about their experience working as a lead writer on Rideshare “Stimulator.” Rideshare will use AI technology in an “experimental free-ride mode” that incorporates AI “by necessity,” as the game generates an infinite number of passengers for players to haul from one location to the next.<\/p>\n
“The Steam page will be updated once the feature set is finalized,” the spokesperson said. “We are touting this experimental mode as a feature, not shying away from it.”<\/p>\n
According to Sacco, she had been working as a lead writer on Rideshare but was “replaced with ChatGPT midway through development.”<\/p>\n
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“All the passenger voices were AI too,” she added. “Either they changed direction at some point or they\u2019re not disclosing it on Steam.” She provided a contemporaneous Facebook screenshot documenting when she first said she had been replaced by ChatGPT in the workplace from 2023 to support her claim.<\/p>\n