Rideshare Stimulator Store Page Adds AI Content Disclosure as Writer Dispute Continues
The store page update directly addresses the Valve policy concern raised by media, but the publisher and the former writer remain in open conflict over the reasons for her removal.
Reporting from 2 sources: GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark.
Saber Interactive added an AI-generated content disclosure to the Steam store page for Rideshare "Stimulator" after former lead writer Stella Sacco said she was replaced by ChatGPT. The publisher denies replacing writers with AI and says the game's stories were written by humans, while admitting AI tools were used for dialogue in Free Ride mode.
The Steam store page for Rideshare "Stimulator" now includes a disclosure of AI-generated content, a change that follows days of public dispute between the developer and publisher. Former lead writer Stella Sacco posted on Bluesky on August 12 that Saber Interactive replaced her with ChatGPT midway through development and that all passenger voices were AI.
Saber Interactive denied replacing writers with AI in this game or others, stating that all stories were written by humans. The publisher did admit to using AI tools for dialogue text and voice in Free Ride mode, a non-main experimental element, to achieve countless passenger patterns. Rock Paper Shotgun noted this did not comply with Valve's policy.
CEO Matthew Karch told This Week in Videogames that the Steam page would be updated once the feature set was finalized, and accused Sacco of violating her NDA. Sacco continues to maintain her claims are true.
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