- Battlefield 6 Players have spotted apparently AI-generated content in the game’s Windchill package.
- Gamers Say $10 Pack Stickers Are Obvious Examples of Using Generative AI
- A developer previously said that AI-generated content would not appear in the game.
Battlefield 6 Players accuse Electronic Arts of selling alleged AI-generated content in the in-game store.
Despite a developer previously telling the BBC that generative AI content would not appear in the first-person shooter (FPS), fans have spotted what they believe to be a “drop” of “low-quality” AI in the game’s new ‘Windchill’ package.
Specifically, they claim that the ‘Winter Warning’ player card sticker was made using generative AI tools after closer inspection shows that the M4 carbine-style weapon shown in the photo strangely has two barrels.
“Not a single person cared enough to fix it or even notice in the first place,” said one user in a Reddit post that now has more than 19,000 upvotes.
“I would literally rather have no stickers than low-quality AI-generated garbage. You can watch Black ops 7 and see how many favors the AI-generated rewards earned them,” said another Reddit user, referring to something similar. Black ops 7 controversy.
The matter is made worse by the fact that EA is selling the Windchill package for $10, and gamers aren’t happy about their money going to seemingly AI-generated content.
EA, a multi-billion dollar company that sells AI-generated scraps in its store (Battlefield 6) on r/gaming
After players spotted the glitches in the crooked-looking sticker, they conducted their own investigation and found more examples of apparent AI use.
A Reddit post lists several cases where the use of GenAI is possible, including a bear sticker on the same package that appears to have a different number of legs on each paw, a strange-looking skeletal fish with a body made of shark jaws, an eagle emblem with a wing pulled back, and more.
“There are a lot of things that don’t really pass the vibration test,” the player said. “I’m not saying they’re 100% AI, but they definitely shouldn’t have undergone art review before publishing. Most of these errors could be fixed in less than five minutes in Photoshop.”
We reached out to EA’s public relations representatives for comment but have not heard back at this time.
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