Overview
- A former lead writer, Stella Sacco, said she was removed from Rideshare "Stimulator" and replaced by ChatGPT, an allegation Saber disputes and the writer continues to press.
- Saber and its CEO Matthew Karch have consistently said the core campaign story and characters were written by human writers and that AI was intended only for an experimental Free Ride mode.
- By Friday, August 14, 2026, Saber updated the game's Steam listing to disclose generative‑AI use for optional Free Ride passenger missions, voice generation, some localization, and some in‑game music.
- Saber described the technical workflow as offline, batch generation from writer‑created prompts that are edited and verified by staff before being uploaded, not live per‑player AI generation.
- The CEO's combative public remarks about Sacco and the delayed disclosure have provoked sustained community backlash and sharpened industry debate over transparency, authorship and the labor impact of generative tools.