{"id":1747022,"date":"2026-11-13T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gdc-report-40-percent-developers-generative-ai"},"modified":"2026-11-13T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:34:20","slug":"a-new-report-reckons-40-of-developers-in-the-video-games-industry-are-using-generative-ai-but-even-more-think-its-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-new-report-reckons-40-of-developers-in-the-video-games-industry-are-using-generative-ai-but-even-more-think-its-harmful\/","title":{"rendered":"A new report reckons 40% of developers in the video games industry are using generative AI &#8211; but even more think it&#8217;s harmful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a-new-report-reckons-40-of-developers-in-the-video-games-industry-are-using-generative-ai-but-even-more-think-its-harmful.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/house-house-big-walk-generative-ai-development\">all the outrage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/capcom-generative-ai-use\">criticism<\/a> around game developers and publishers using generative AI in gaming, a new report from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) calculates that as many as 40 percent of developers active in the industry use the controversial tools in their work. This is up four percent compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gdcs-state-of-the-games-industry-survey-says-one-in-ten-respondents-laid-off-in-2024\">the same report last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gdc-report-40-percent-developers-generative-ai\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gdc-report-40-percent-developers-generative-ai\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite all the outrage and criticism around game developers and publishers using generative AI in gaming, a new report from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) calculates that as many as 40 percent of developers active in the industry use the controversial tools in their work. This is up four percent compared to the same report last year. 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