After a very successful beta, Arc Raiders—which launched today—is set to be the next mega-popular extraction shooter. At the time of writing, Arc Raiders boasts a concurrent player count of 150,000 with no signs of slowing down.
The astute among you may have noted an "AI-Generated Content Disclosure" on Arc Raiders' store page, which reads, "During the development process, we may use procedural and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team."
In an interview with PCGamesN, Embark's design director, Virgil Watkins, said the team doesn't use generative AI, but does use machine learning, which prompted them to self-disclose on Steam.
"Arc Raiders in no way uses generative AI whatsoever," Watkins assures. "We use something called machine learning, or reinforcement learning, and that's to do with the locomotion for our larger drones with multiple legs, but there's no generative content whatsoever."
However, Watkins admits the same text-to-speech technology present in Embark's other game, The Finals, also appears in Arc Raiders.
"We hire and contract voice actors for it — it's part of their contract that we use [AI]...
