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ARC Raiders devs defend AI voice lines amid actor concerns

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Embark Studios, the developer behind ARC Raiders, has defended its use of generative AI for voice lines, stating it was a necessary measure. Chief Creative Officer Stefan Strandberg explained that actors would find it overwhelming to perform all the required dialogue. He emphasized that the studio is not aiming to replace human actors but rather to augment the creative process. AI

IMPACT This approach to AI voice generation may influence how other game studios handle dialogue production and actor collaborations.

RANK_REASON News about a specific game studio's use of AI for voice lines, not a frontier model release or major industry shift.

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ARC Raiders devs defend AI voice lines amid actor concerns

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Arc Raiders devs Embark insist that using genAI for voice lines was necessary, as "actors would just go crazy if they had to read all of that" - https://www. ro

    Arc Raiders devs Embark insist that using genAI for voice lines was necessary, as "actors would just go crazy if they had to read all of that" - https://www. rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raide rs-devs-embark-insist-that-using-genai-for-voice-lines-was-necessary-as-actors-would-just-g…

    LINKS rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raiders-devs-emb…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Arc Raiders devs Embark insist that using genAI for voice lines was necessary, as "actors would just go crazy if they had to read all of that" Despite taking

    📰 Arc Raiders devs Embark insist that using genAI for voice lines was necessary, as "actors would just go crazy if they had to read all of that" Despite taking the voice performances of actors and feeding them into machines to spurt out AI-generated mimicry, Embark CCO Stefan Str…

    LINKS rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raiders-devs-emb…

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