They Used AI For Crazy Taxi. Players Torched It.

AI generated content used to be a shovelware problem. Now it's turning up in real, full-price AAA games, and Steam's disclosure labels are the reason we can prove it. The stranger part is that a lot of the developers behind it genuinely don't understand why players feel betrayed.

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00:00 You Weren't Imagining It
00:40 Caught In The Showcases
02:09 Presenting: Cr[AI]zy Taxi
04:37 The International Divide
08:35 Who's Taking Advantage
11:18 Uncertain Times

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