{"id":1429689,"date":"2025-12-17T08:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/SfT7BxqzUHN8iESy4rsWAD"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:24:22","slug":"baldurs-gate-3-developer-larian-defends-itself-as-fans-react-to-generative-ai-use-im-not-entirely-sure-we-are-the-ideal-target-for-the-level-of-scorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/baldurs-gate-3-developer-larian-defends-itself-as-fans-react-to-generative-ai-use-im-not-entirely-sure-we-are-the-ideal-target-for-the-level-of-scorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian defends itself as fans react to generative AI use: ‘I’m not entirely sure we are the ideal target for the level of scorn’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Larian CEO Swen Vincke said earlier this year that<\/a> the Baldur’s Gate 3 studio is using generative AI to automate certain prototyping tasks, such as creating mock levels for designers to work with before replacing them with handmade art. The comments didn’t attract much notice at the time, but similar remarks in a new Bloomberg interview<\/a> about Larian’s next big RPG, Divinity<\/a>, have kicked up a storm of complaints which the studio is now pushing back on.<\/p>\n

In Bloomberg’s words, Larian has been “pushing hard” on generative AI and its developers “often use AI tools to explore ideas, flesh out PowerPoint presentations, develop concept art and write placeholder text.”<\/p>\n

Vincke reiterated in the interview that the studio isn’t using generative AI to create any of the art, voices, or writing we see in its games. After the interview was published, he also said that “pushing hard” isn’t a correct characterization of Larian’s AI policy and that AI is not being used “to develop concept art” in his view\u2014though it is being used in “the very early ideation stages.”<\/p>\n

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