Ubisoft has been caught with its hand in the generative AI jar again, continuing a multi-year streak of formal insistence by the publishing giant that AI and game development are destined to be together. Anno 117: Pax Romana is the first Ubisoft game to appear on Steam with an AI content disclosure, though the statement notes "the final product reflects our team’s craft and creative vision." It seems that vision includes some pretty janky background characters with nubs for hands, as players are spotting on Reddit.
In the above thread posted by user MedicaeVal, there's an imgur gallery where you can see some dubious, muddy-looking figures in one of the game's illustrations. Kotaku shared another imgur gallery featuring artwork where some Roman senators can be seen with similarly uncanny looks—one of them lacks a head, for example.
