‘NTE Is Built on Human Creativity’: Dev to Rework Generative AI Assets in PS5 Open World

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The new open world gacha game, NTE, has had a successful launch, but concerns are rising about whether the developers used AI to create some of its content.

Players noticed some images in the game that appeared to be created using AI, particularly on billboards and advertisements within the city of Heathereau. These images had noticeable flaws and inconsistencies that suggested they weren’t made by a human artist.

Following claims of deception regarding controversial technology, popular streamer Ironmouse ended her contract with the game. Now, after several days, the game’s developer, Hotta Studio, has issued a statement.

It wrote on X (or Twitter):

Neverness to Everness is powered by the imagination of our artists, writers, and designers. Everything you see and experience – the characters, the story, and the world itself – comes from their creativity. While we used AI tools to help create some of the background details, the core of the game – its characters and story – is entirely human-made.

The team is currently updating some in-game elements, and they’ve already fixed one particularly noticeable animation while they continue to improve it.

This Is Just the Beginning

We’ve seen other games include AI-generated content at launch, and it’s likely to happen again. For example, Crimson Desert recently released with some art created by AI, but those assets were quickly swapped out.

Generative AI is a sensitive topic for gamers because it learns by using the work of human artists without giving them any credit or payment. While the AI creates something new, it relies entirely on the effort and creativity of those artists to do so.

Whether or not all of this is legally sound is still being discussed. There are also growing worries about AI’s impact on the environment, especially because powering the large data centers that run programs like ChatGPT requires a huge amount of electricity.

NTE isn’t the first developer to be discovered using AI-generated content without permission, and unfortunately, it probably won’t be the last.

I was really interested to see the results of a recent survey at GDC. It turns out over 30% of game developers are already experimenting with generative AI! That tells me we’re going to start seeing AI influence the games we love more and more, which is both exciting and a little strange to think about.

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2026-05-08 05:06