For years, the conversation around AI in Hollywood has been polarized: it’s either a job-stealing villain or a parlor trick for low-res social media clips. However, Amazon MGM Studios just moved the needle toward the middle. Survey ✅ Thank you for completing the survey! By announcing AI Studio, a specialized internal unit, Amazon isn’t just…
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — China had 1.125 billion internet users by the end of 2025, with the penetration rate climbing to 80.1 percent, according to an official industry report. The report, released by the China Internet Network Information Center on Thursday, underscores broader adoption of generative AI technology across the country’s consumer and industrial…
Chinese gaming giant NetEase has issued a statement flatly denying that it’s abandoning generative AI use during game development and telling its studios not to use the technology anymore. In an interview with Eurogamer yesterday, industry veteran Suda51 claimed that not using AI “started as a NetEase policy for all their companies”, and that NetEase…
Generative AI is now at the centre of fraud strategy in digital banking. What began as an efficiency tool has quickly become a frontline defence, as banks are forced to confront a new reality: fraud itself is increasingly powered by AI. Recent studies suggest that more than 50% of global fraud now involves some form…
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, has revealed during an interview with GamesIndustry.biz that Rockstar Games is not using generative AI in any way in regards to what it’s building for Grand Theft Auto VI, but outside of that the studio is making extensive use of AI and “always has.” The executive noted that he’s “been…
A Netease spokesperson has told Eurogamer that statements made by Suda 51 on its generative AI policy are not correct, and that the company continues to work with the technology. The spokesperson has also pointed to an upcoming GDC talk hosted by Netease covering generative AI.”The assertion that NetEase Games has closed an AI department…
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has addressed the use of Artificial Intelligence across the publisher’s studios, including Rockstar Games and the highly-anticipated GTA 6. The use of AI tools in the video game industry is only becoming more prevalent, and while some try to fight it, others are plodding along without hesitation. The latest Call…
With almost every major games publisher and parent company talking excitedly about generative AI and the opportunities it could bring, I was taken aback this morning to see talk on my social media feed about NetEase reportedly scrapping a division dedicated to gen-AI and telling employees they were no longer allowed to use it. Unconventional,…
TL;DR: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 has not used generative AI in its development at all, emphasizing the game’s handcrafted world design, and that this is what differentiates GTA 6. Procedural generation is not involved, and shouldn’t be, Zelnick said, observing: “That’s what makes great entertainment.” The CEO of Take-Two…
“Specifically with regards to GTA 6, Generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building.” 15:02, 04 Feb 2026Updated 15:03, 04 Feb 2026 Take-Two has revealed whether Rockstar used generative AI to create GTA 6.(Image: Rockstar Games) AI in game development is a hot topic at the moment with developers admitting to using…
