When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.
AI-generated content wasn’t just showing up in-game as rewards.
Social media posts for the holidays from Infinity Ward and Treyarch were both marred with generative AI.
Some rewards from in-game events and purchased bundles supposedly contain AI-generated images.
The publisher also confirmed thatAI chat moderation has been in use in Black Ops 6since its launch.
Call of Duty is available onXbox,PlayStation, and PC via Battle.net, the Microsoft Store, andSteam.
New policies allowing AI-generated content on Steam werepassed down in January.
Steam’s AI Generated Content Disclosure lists describes generative AI in Call of Duty: “Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets."(Image credit: Windows Central)
The new policies are a clear policy reversal to Steam’s original ban on AI-generated content in games.
The copyright protection policy does not affect the use of generative AI to create works in progress.
Prompts used togenerate AIimages and text are also not protected by copyright.
Promotional material for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 featured several tell-tale indicators of generative AI.(Image credit: Activision)
However, developers and gamers alike have decried the technology.
Gobblegum event marketing for Black Ops 6 shows a gloved hand with extra fingers, indicating potential AI-generated images were used to create the splash screen.(Image credit: Windows Central)
A loading screen featuring a Zombie Santa was issued as an in-game reward in Black Ops 6. The Santa has the hallmark six-fingers-on-one-hand give away that people look for to tell if an image is AI-generated.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Some weapon decals and stickers found in Black Ops 6 have led players to question if they were AI-generated.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Another loading screen in Black Ops 6 features a knife and a red-string covered conspiracy board. However, the string’s placements are in disarray and indicate the image is likely generated with AI.(Image credit: Windows Central)
A strange zombie reindeer emblem given as an in-game reward during the Merry Mayhem event is likely AI generated.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Multiple in-game rewards from recent events appear to have been AI-generated.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Call of Duty has reined in the use of generative AI for in-game rewards tied to crossovers with franchises like The Terminator, Squid Games, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
