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Last week, it was discovered that The Alters<\/a>, 11 Bit Studios\u2019 sci-fi narrative management game, included undisclosed use of generative AI in its background flavor text, translations, and image assets. The ensuing anger from players has sullied the reputation of the otherwise well-received title, and the developer has issued a response.<\/p>\n The Alters launched on June 13 to positive reviews, but the discourse began this past weekend when players began sharing their discoveries of AI prompts for background flavor text as well as translated subtitles. One Bluesky post <\/a>showed a screenshot of a computer display with generic science text accompanied by a prompt reading, \u201cSure, here\u2019s a revised version focusing purely on scientific and astronomical data.\u201d<\/p>\n Other players found the localization of various languages has clear evidence of being generated using AI due to bizarre or outright incorrect translations, or simply displayed similar AI prompts. One example shared on Bluesky <\/a>is from one of the in-game licensed movies, in which a subtitle, translated to Brazilian Portuguese, reads “Sure! The text translated to Brazilian Portuguese is: Every conversation two people can have, right? So we-“<\/p>\n