NTE: Neverness to Everness Team Confirms Generative AI Use in Assets
The confirmation and pledge to rework assets mark a rare direct response from a major game studio to player backlash over generative AI use.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
The developers of the open-world game NTE: Neverness to Everness confirmed that generative AI was used on a small number of background and environmental assets. The team is reworking the flagged in-game films "Clear Skies in Summer" and "Pink Paws Heist" after player accusations.
The statement, released Thursday, acknowledged that AI-assisted tools were used on "a small number of background and environmental assets" but insisted that characters, stories, and the world were created by human artists, writers, and designers. The team said it is reviewing and reworking the flagged assets: the in-game film "Clear Skies in Summer," which appears to be based on Makoto Shinkai's 2019 film Weathering With You, and "Pink Paws Heist." The clarification followed player accusations that the game used generative AI, particularly for the "Clear Skies in Summer" film. Anime News Network has not independently verified those assets; when ANN checked the cited location in the game four days after its April 29 launch, a different sequence was in its place.
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- Anime News Network NTE: Neverness to Everness Game's Staff Confirms Use of Generative AI