Patrick Söderlund, the head of Arc Raiders studio Embark, has once again defended how the studio uses AI and revealed that the game now has fewer AI lines after the team re-recorded some parts.

Like Embark's previous game, The Finals, Arc Raiders uses an AI-powered text-to-speech system. A lot of people took issue with this, and Söderlund has now clarified how Embark pays the actors and revealed that Arc Raiders has removed AI voice lines since launch.

Baldur's Gate 3 voice actor Neil Newbon previously called upon Embark to bring the Arc Raiders actors back to the studio to re-record lines, and that seems to be what the studio ended up doing.

Personally, I don't get the hate for AI-generated voices, especially for simple throwaway lines.

Why waste the actors' time with low-value one-shot lines? The actors were paid to voice the major voice segments, and then they get to move on to do other projects. What is wrong with using AI to generate what amounts to boilerplate voice lines?

If companies face backlash for AI generated voices, that will just disadvantage indie studios and put more power in the hands of the big studios who can afford lots of voice acting.