The Alters is the focus of the controversy over the use of generative AI
, by Thibaut
While the quality of The Alters is unquestionable, fans have been sharply criticizing 11 bit studios' title in recent hours. Some users have discovered the presence of AI-generated assets in the game without any mention of this detail on the title's Steam page.
These AI-generated elements include mainly approximate translations and even gross careless errors. For example, a Portuguese sentence in the game begins with "Of course, here's the text translated into Brazilian Portuguese".
The Polish company had to react quickly to explain what had happened. In a post published on social networks, 11 bit studios gave its version of events. The AI-generated elements were in fact only intended to be temporary, and not to be included in the final game.
"AI-generated assets were used strictly as temporary WIPs during the development process and in a very limited manner. Our team has always prioritized meaningful, handcrafted storytelling as one of the foundations of our game."
"During production, an AI-generated text for a graphic asset, which was meant as a piece of background texture, was used by one of our graphical designers as a placeholder. This was never intended to be part of the final release. Unfortunately, due to an internal oversight, this single placeholder text was mistakenly left in the game. We have since conducted a thorough review and confirmed that this was an isolated case, and the asset in question is being updated. For transparency, we’ve included a screenshot to show how and where it appears in the game. While we do not want to downplay the situation, we also want to clearly show its limited impact on your gaming experience."