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Anna Koselke

"Show your employees some respect": Former Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity devs claim Larian heads are "lying about people being okay" with using AI

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Larian Studios, the developer behind Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming Divinity game, is facing backlash following CEO Swen Vincke's statements on the use of generative AI – but that's not all, as former employees are sharing their own thoughts now.

It's been a wild week for Larian, between the reveal of its new Divinity entry at The Game Awards 2025 and the subsequent controversy over Vincke's words on AI – words in which he says "at this point everyone at the company is more or less OK with the way" Larian uses the technology. He later expanded on this, stating devs only employ AI during "the very early ideation stages" and not for the final product.

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