Subnautica 2 devs won't touch generative AI despite "AI first" pivot at owner Krafton: "It's interesting technology, but it's not something we're using"

Developer Unknown Worlds didn't use generative AI for one ounce of Subnautica 2, which is now set to launch in early access on May 14, despite it technically coming from self-described "AI first" company Krafton, who's still on as co-publisher despite vanishing from the publisher slot on Steam and other store pages. Speaking with Eurogamer, Subnautica 2 creative media producer Scott MacDonald stressed that gen AI hasn't been used "at all" by Unknown Worlds, joining many devs eager to head off ac