Overview
- Activision confirmed it used generative AI tools during development of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 but has not identified which assets were created with them.
- The game’s Steam listing carries a disclosure stating the team uses generative AI to help develop some in-game assets.
- Players and reporters have highlighted calling cards, posters, and reward icons that appear to bear common generative AI hallmarks.
- Rep. Ro Khanna called for regulations requiring worker input, profit-sharing, guardrails against excessive automation, and a tax on mass displacement, citing economist Daron Acemoglu.
- Backlash is reflected in user scores, including roughly 42% positive reviews on Steam and the series’ lowest Metacritic user rating to date, as the episode intensifies industry scrutiny of AI use by publishers like Square Enix and Krafton.