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摘要: Following generative AI controversy, Crazy Taxi: World Tour lead clarifies how the tech is being used
"Everything is made by an actual human."
Image credit:
Sega.
Sherif Saed
Contributo...
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Following generative AI controversy, Crazy Taxi: World Tour lead clarifies how the tech is being used
"Everything is made by an actual human."
Image credit:
Sega.
Sherif Saed
Contributor
Published on
June 9, 2026
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: World Tour's reveal during the
Xbox Games Showcase
was a highlight, finally offering a look at the modern incarnation of the classic series. The excitement was quickly soured, however, when its Steam page revealed
Sega has used generative AI in the game's development
.
The disclosure was vague, only managing to clarify that AI wasn't used to replace actors' performances. Following that news, Sega told
Game Informer
that AI was used "during the development of background assets." At Summer Game Fest, however, series creator Kenji Kanno offered more details.
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According to
, who attended a World Tour presentation at SGF's Play Days follow-up event, Kanno, via translator, explained, "We used it as a reference."
"So our artists would pull up [and] generate some of their ideas and then they would look at that, you know, generated image and then they would draw the actual thing. So actual creators, everything from programming to assets, everything is made by an actual human. It’s only used as a reference for them to look at and then they would actually create the actual thing that would go into the game," he added.
Kanno was also asked whether the team is aware of the potential backlash that has accompanied similar declarations, and whether it has weighed the value of its continued use against the negative reaction it's likely to generate.
"For us, the extent of how we use generative AI is only what I mentioned earlier," Kanno explained. "[It’s] just for ideas and just as a reference. Moving forward in the future [generative AI] is probably going to be more of a hot topic, but I think
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