ARC Raiders opts to replace AI-generated dialogue with professional voice actors

In a rare win for humans, Embark Studios replaces AI dialogue with human voice actors, even after the game's mega-successful ...

Arc Raiders replaced some of its AI-generated voice lines with professional actors

Embark Studios went back and "re-recorded" some audio lines generated from text-to-speech AI, replacing them with voice ...
Dexerto

Arc Raiders dev says real actors are “better than AI” after replacing generated voice lines

Embark Studios boss Patrick Soderlund says professional voice actors still outperform AI after the studio re-recorded some ...

"We don't necessarily believe in replacing humans with AI all the time."

Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund says Arc Raiders now contains fewer AI voice lines than it did at launch after the team re-recorded some lines with real actors.
Kotaku

Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders was one of the biggest games of 2025, and it continues to be incredibly popular on Steam. But its use of AI-generated voice lines rubbed many the wrong way. Now, Embark Studios CEO Patrick ...

Arc Raiders now has fewer AI voice lines as studio head admits 'a real professional actor is better than AI'

When Arc Raiders launched last fall, it received plenty of praise. It was also dragged somewhat for its use of gen-AI voices, ...
GameSpot

Arc Raiders Now Has Fewer AI Voices, As Dev Re-Recorded Lines Amid Controversy

Embark has on multiple occasions already defended its choice to use AI systems in Arc Raiders, stating that "making games without actors isn't an end goal" and a combination of recorded voice audio ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Embark Studios head Patrick Söderlund explains how Arc Raiders was made on "a quarter of the budget" of a AAA title

What makes a AAA studio? Is it the size of the team? The scope? The budget? Sweden's Embark Studios – founded in 2018 by CEO Patrick Söderlund and some fellow former staff from Battlefield developer ...
North Penn Now

The Independent Music Producer's Guide to Suno API: Professional AI Music Generation Through APIPASS

Independent music production has never been more creatively viable — or more logistically demanding. The independent producer ...
GitHub

GitHub - pe-st/garmin-connect-export: Download a copy of your Garmin Connect data, including stats and GPX tracks. · GitHub

Note that Garmin introduced a while ago (around May 2018, for GDPR compatibility) a possibility to download all of your Garmin Connect data in one zip file. Depending on your needs this might be ...
IEEE

AIvaluate: A Multi-Agent Framework for Automated Answer Script Evaluation Using Large Language Models and Semantic Vector Indexing

Abstract: In conventional educational environments, it is labor-intensive, subjective, and susceptible to human error to hand-mark descriptive answers. This article ...