{"id":6792,"date":"2025-11-18T14:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/court-case-ceo-chatgpt-subnautica-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:04:59","slug":"court-case-ceo-chatgpt-subnautica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/court-case-ceo-chatgpt-subnautica-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO Accused of Asking ChatGPT About Something Absolutely Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CEO of a video game publisher has been accused of asking ChatGPT how to wriggle out of paying out $250 million in bonuses.<\/p>\n

As Kotaku<\/em> reports<\/a>, the three cofounders of the video game developer Unknown Worlds, which is behind the popular \u201cSubnautica\u201d franchise, sued the game\u2019s publisher, Krafton, after being abruptly fired<\/a> in July. It was a dramatic ousting that shook the gaming industry, raising questions over the franchise\u2019s hotly anticipated sequel, whose release date was pushed back to 2026 at the time. (The game is currently the most wishlisted upcoming game <\/a>on digital distribution service Steam\u2019s charts.)<\/p>\n

The studio\u2019s cofounders allege that they were fired so that Krafton could avoid paying out their enormous bonuses, which were based on \u201cSubnautica 2\u201d hitting certain sales milestones.<\/p>\n

A pre-trial briefing reviewed by Kotaku <\/em>alleges that \u201cKrafton terminated the Founders and seized control of Unknown Worlds in order to avoid the earnout.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSmoking gun documents show that Krafton was looking for ways to \u2018cancel the earn-out\u2019 and that its secret \u2018Project X\u2019 was designed to either make a \u2018Deal\u2019 on the earnout or execute a \u2018Take over,’\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s not even the headline-stealing detail: documentation allegedly shows that Krafton CEO Changhan Kim had \u201cturned to artificial intelligence to help him brainstorm ways to avoid paying the earnout. ChatGPT likewise advised that it would be \u2018difficult to cancel the earn-out.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The cofounders allege that Krafton refused to \u201cproduce the ChatGPT conversations and, when pressed, confirmed that they no longer exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

If confirmed, it could be yet another instance of the tech being used for ill-advised purposes. Large language model-based tools like ChatGPT have long been shown to be highly unreliable, including when it comes to legal advice. Despite the risks, both people representing themselves in court<\/a> and even lawyers<\/a> have been caught making use of the tech, resulting in cases that were hallucinated<\/a> by AI being cited in court.<\/p>\n

Krafton has since shot back in a statement to Kotaku<\/em>, claiming that the ChatGPT accusation is \u201csimply a distraction from their own efforts to destroy evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides taking aim at Krafton\u2019s CEO, the Unknown Worlds cofounders accused the company of dealing damage to the studio\u2019s morale, ultimately forcing \u201cSubnautica 2\u201d to be delayed.<\/p>\n

In August, around the time the cofounders were abruptly fired, Krafton claimed that it was still willing to pay out bonuses to unaffected Unknown Worlds staff.<\/p>\n

However, Krafton told Kotaku<\/em> that the \u201cformer leaders showed little interest in the development of \u2018Subnautica 2,\u2019 which has always been our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

In short, it\u2019s an ugly legal battle that left fans of the Subnautica franchise fuming. <\/p>\n

\u201cDO NOT BUY SUBNAUTICA 2,\u201d reads one of the most upvoted posts on the franchise\u2019s subreddit<\/a>, which was posted after Unknown Worlds cofounders were ousted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis delay is simply so they don\u2019t have to give those bonuses,\u201d the post reads. \u201cThey\u2019ve already made 250 million dollars off of scamming developers. Don\u2019t let them make more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others made light of Krafton\u2019s CEO making use of ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountdown to Krafton trying to argue in court with AI, citing fake cases,\u201d reads a comment on Kotaku<\/em>\u2018s piece.<\/p>\n

More on ChatGPT:<\/strong> Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post CEO Accused of Asking ChatGPT About Something Absolutely Wild<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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