Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Saber Interactive's next game is Rideshare Stimulator, a taxi sim where you chat with your passengers. The Steam page now admits the voices are AI. Some of the radio too. There's even a mode that generates the missions. Writer Stella Sacco says ChatGPT replaced her on it nearly three years ago. CEO Matt Karch says that never happened... but adds he'd have been happy to. And as if this story wasn't insane enough, somehow, it beings with Randy Pitchford and a missing USB drive.
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00:00 Saber's CEO Would Happily Have Used AI
00:59 Saber Digs Up Randy's USB Stick
03:49 Stella Sacco Says ChatGPT Replaced Her
06:47 Matt Karch Makes It Personal
09:33 The Disclosure Lands, Then An Apology
10:53 The Left 4 Dead Writer Goes Too Far
13:58 Apologies Are In Short Supply
Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=x2vanIrAlwE
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-gearbox-trailer-rideshare-stimulator
hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/gearbox-software-ceo-exonerated-lengthy-legal-battle-1245149
kotaku.com/borderlands-4-includes-direct-jab-joke-gearbox-former-owner-embracer-bluff-2000624815
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-interactive-matt-karch-private-jet
ign.com/articles/saber-interactive-ceo-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-joining-and-leaving-embracer
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3msu36jfm6c2l
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mssv7pyows2l
store.steampowered.com/app/2366590/Rideshare_Stimulator
rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-boring-and-cheap-experts-pan-new-chatbot-npcs-but-some-leave-room-for-optimism
https://bellular.games/tim-sweeneys-ai-future-for-game-development/
pcgamer.com/software/ai/saber-interactive-denies-replacing-writer-with-chatgpt-on-its-new-driving-game-but-says-it-will-use-ai-as-the-number-of-passengers-in-the-game-is-infinite
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thisweekinvideogames.com/news/saber-interactive-acknowledges-undisclosed-genai-use-in-rideshare-stimulator-denies-replacing-lead-writer-with-chatgpt
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mswdijrob22y
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-genai-rideshare-stimulator
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7494353074019323904
youtube.com/watch?v=PTc7Vhs0SwY
Saber Interactive's next game is Rideshare Stimulator, a taxi sim where you chat with your passengers. The Steam page now admits the voices are AI. Some of the radio too. There's even a mode that generates the missions. Writer Stella Sacco says ChatGPT replaced her on it nearly three years ago. CEO Matt Karch says that never happened... but adds he'd have been happy to. And as if this story wasn't insane enough, somehow, it beings with Randy Pitchford and a missing USB drive.
Join us at http://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team!
00:00 Saber's CEO Would Happily Have Used AI
00:59 Saber Digs Up Randy's USB Stick
03:49 Stella Sacco Says ChatGPT Replaced Her
06:47 Matt Karch Makes It Personal
09:33 The Disclosure Lands, Then An Apology
10:53 The Left 4 Dead Writer Goes Too Far
13:58 Apologies Are In Short Supply
Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=x2vanIrAlwE
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-gearbox-trailer-rideshare-stimulator
hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/gearbox-software-ceo-exonerated-lengthy-legal-battle-1245149
kotaku.com/borderlands-4-includes-direct-jab-joke-gearbox-former-owner-embracer-bluff-2000624815
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-interactive-matt-karch-private-jet
ign.com/articles/saber-interactive-ceo-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-joining-and-leaving-embracer
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3msu36jfm6c2l
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mssv7pyows2l
store.steampowered.com/app/2366590/Rideshare_Stimulator
rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-boring-and-cheap-experts-pan-new-chatbot-npcs-but-some-leave-room-for-optimism
https://bellular.games/tim-sweeneys-ai-future-for-game-development/
pcgamer.com/software/ai/saber-interactive-denies-replacing-writer-with-chatgpt-on-its-new-driving-game-but-says-it-will-use-ai-as-the-number-of-passengers-in-the-game-is-infinite
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3lhguhsac422w
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3lqnd62dcws2d
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3malymzfu422j
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https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mndokhwmkk2t
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mstuqnb3dk2l
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mst2klhgms2l
thisweekinvideogames.com/news/saber-interactive-acknowledges-undisclosed-genai-use-in-rideshare-stimulator-denies-replacing-lead-writer-with-chatgpt
https://bsky.app/profile/antlervel.vet/post/3mswdijrob22y
https://www.gamefile.news/p/saber-genai-rideshare-stimulator
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7494353074019323904
youtube.com/watch?v=PTc7Vhs0SwY
