The mighty success of Arc Raiders has always had one caveat on it, the asterisk on the praise pointing to a black mark that is its use of AI-generated text-to-speech voice lines. In a new interview, Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund acknowledges that there is a “quality difference” between real performances and AI-generated speech. He says the developer considers the tech “a production tool” to help test lines, but reveals that it has been gradually stripping back the number of AI voice lines in Arc Raiders since launch.
Arc Raiders has been cutting back its AI voices: “A real professional actor is better than AI, that’s just how it is.”
14 March 20260
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