--- title: Saber Interactive CEO Denies Replacing Writer With ChatGPT description: Saber Interactive is embroiled in controversy after former lead writer Stella Sacco claimed she was fired and replaced by ChatGPT on the upcoming game... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/saber-interactive-ceo-denies-replacing-writer-with-chatgpt-v0cafr1ug twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Saber Interactive CEO Denies Replacing Writer With ChatGPT | daily.dev og:description: Saber Interactive is embroiled in controversy after former lead writer Stella Sacco claimed she was fired and replaced by ChatGPT on the upcoming game... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/saber-interactive-ceo-denies-replacing-writer-with-chatgpt-v0cafr1ug og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v0CAfr1Ug.png og:image:alt: Saber Interactive CEO Denies Replacing Writer With ChatGPT og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Saber Interactive CEO Denies Replacing Writer With ChatGPT **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Saber Interactive is embroiled in controversy after former lead writer Stella Sacco claimed she was fired and replaced by ChatGPT on the upcoming game Rideshare 'Stimulator', with AI also used for passenger voices. Saber denied replacing writers with AI but admitted AI is used for the game's infinite passenger system. CEO Matt Karch then made disparaging personal remarks about Sacco's competency, escalating public backlash, before issuing a follow-up LinkedIn statement urging people to resolve disputes privately, while separately calling out a critical video essay by writer Chet Faliszek. Saber has since added an AI disclosure to the game's Steam page covering voice generation, localization, passenger missions, dialogue, and AI-generated radio music. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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