US Edition'There Is Not Going to Be Any GenAI Art in Divinity': BG3 Studio Larian Draws Line in the Sand
Larian Studios will not use generative AI for in-game art or actor voices without consent while exploring AI tools to streamline development, with over 100,000 voice lines recorded.
- The Larian Reddit AMA will begin at 5:00 AM PT / 8:00 AM ET on Friday, January 9, 2026, on Reddit's r/games subreddit to discuss Divinity.
- After a December admission by Swen Vincke that Larian used generative AI for early concept art, Larian's community of players and critics bombarded the AMA announcement with criticisms and questions about stopping genAI use.
- Larian clarified that no GenAI art will appear in Divinity, and the studio will only include GenAI assets if it owns the training data or has consent from training data owners.
- Protecting performers, Larian emphasized contractual limits on voice-model training, committing not to use recordings for AI voice models and expressing discomfort with AI-generated voices even with actor consent.
- Larian Studios' ML R&D team said experimenting with tools can speed ideation, refining ideas faster and reducing waste with more than 100,000 voice lines scheduled in the game.
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News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. When Divinity was presented at The Game Awards 2025, the focus was on its aesthetics and the symbolic weight of being the first project of Larian Studios after the huge success of Baldur’s Gate 3. But a few days later the focus changed. Part of the community began to debate the possible use of generative AI during its development. With the topic already installed, the stud…
Larian CEO backtracks on gen AI usage for new Divinity, still believes the tech ‘can help’ in development
If you’ll remember from last month following The Game Awards, developer Larian Studios made headlines after CEO Swen Vincke stated the company was using generative AI in the planning process for its games. Vincke then tried to clarify his statements, which wound up making them worse. Now, in a Reddit AMA conducted this morning, Vincke has stated the new Divinity game will not be utilizing gen AI, but he does believe it will help the studio in th…
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