Filthy Subnautica 2 legal dispute The rumblings continue between publishers Krafton and the game's three former lead developers. Legal disputes over Crafton's decision to delay Sub 2 Early Access, leaving $250 million bonus for Unknown Worlds developers in the air, then fire Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire and Ted Gillthey are still arguing.
Preliminary briefing published earlier this week I saw a statement from three potential clients. Krafton CEO Kim Chang Han consulted ChatGPT about how the company could get around paying the much-discussed $250 million bonus that the hosts say they would have shared with the rest of the Unknown Worlds cast. Crafton subsequently said in a statement to Kotaku that the former executives' accusations were “merely a distraction from their own efforts to destroy evidence.” Now a statement from Chan-han has emerged in which the executive admits that he consulted with ChatGPT regarding aspects of the Subnautica 2 situation.
After learning that Cleveland and McGuire were not directly involved in the development of Subnautica 2, Chan Han said, “I began discussing the matter with various teams within the company to see what we could do,” in a testimony published by the hilarious fanzine RPS. PC gamer.
The CEO said he talked to various teams within the company about it and then “searched ChatGPT to get faster answers and figure out what rights we had,” adding that he used it “just like searching Google.” Lawyers for former Unknown Worlds executives subsequently brought up a message Chang Han sent in June to Krafton head of corporate development Maria Park, in which he wrote: “ChatGPT is now [is] start off[ing] answer that it is difficult to cancel earnings. If so, then this is a contract under which we can only be dragged along.”
When asked why this and another conversation the CEO had with ChatGPT about the situation were subsequently deleted, Chan-han expressed concern about what OpenAI might be doing with their content, saying, “I learned from OpenAI that if you use certain sensitive information regarding your company, then OpenAI may use that type of information for educational purposes.”
Essentially, the executive's position is that he simply used ChatGPT in this scenario in the same way that he now uses it “dozens” of times a day when dealing with normal Crafton business, just as he would use a regular search engine. Krafton is not shy about sharing its generally covering the use of AI like a business. The question is whether it is really appropriate for a CEO to ask an AI chatbot for help in such a serious situation.
As we have seen depressingly oftenwhen CEOs like Chan-han make bad decisions, many people suffer and it becomes quite scary to think that technology is still very inclined Now when making decisions you can rely on the output of errors or inaccuracies. Meanwhile, the deletions apparently risk reinforcing the impression that Crafton is not revealing his motives. If Chan-han is While being honest about the reasons for the removal, it's also interesting to hear the CEO of a company that is committed to generative AI as a tool express concern about what these tools are doing to our data.
I've reached out to Crafton for comment. In its latest statement on the case as a whole, the company said the following:
We are grateful to the court for its careful understanding of the facts and are confident that we have demonstrated our commitment to providing our fans with the best possible game. We made it clear to the court that we were forced to make changes when previous leaders showed little interest in the development of Subnautica 2, which has always been our top priority.
This lawsuit now boils down to the plaintiffs asking to be reinstated to a job they didn't do, saying they have no interest in doing it, and having previously denied requests for them to come back and do the work. We look forward to receiving a solution. We've made incredible progress over the past few months and we're excited to share it with all Subnautica fans.”
You can almost certainly expect more news to follow as this saga continues to wade deeper and deeper into legal waters.
