Larian’s CEO says the studio isn’t ‘trimming down teams to replace them with AI’
The CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian has inadvertently stirred up some controversy over the use of AI in the developer's next game. Based on an interview with Larian CEO Swen Vincke, Bloomberg reported that the studio uses AI tools for things like developing concept art and writing placeholder text. But following some initial backlash, Vincke later clarified to IGN that the studio is "neither releasing a game with any AI components, nor are we looking at trimming down teams to replace them with AI" and published his own statement on X.
Larian announced Divinity last week at The Game Awards with a "cinematic" teaser trailer that didn't r …