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CEO Denies ChatGPT Replaced Writer as Steam AI Tagged

8/13/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Writer Stella Sacco said Saber Interactive fired her to replace her work with ChatGPT, causing backlash.
CEO Matt Karch denied any writer replacement, saying the story was written entirely by real people.
Karch said the game uses AI for a free-roam mode, noting that Steam’s AI disclosure was absent as of 13 August 2026.
Steam users manually added an “Artificial Intelligence” tag to the game because the disclosure was missing.

History

Historical Context

OpenAI announced GPT-2 on 14 February 2019, withholding its full 1.5-billion-parameter model amid fears of spam, fake news and racist output, a stance reported by The Guardian and debated in The Verge. The limited release sparked early calls for AI-generated-content labeling, a concern that reappears as platforms today face pressure to disclose AI use.

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Story summary

Writer Stella Sacco said Saber Interactive fired her to replace her work with ChatGPT, causing backlash.
CEO Matt Karch denied any writer replacement, saying the story was written entirely by real people.
Karch said the game uses AI for a free-roam mode, noting that Steam’s AI disclosure was absent as of 13 August 2026.
Steam users manually added an “Artificial Intelligence” tag to the game because the disclosure was missing.

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