Rideshare Simulator updates its AI disclosure: how much AI it used

Rideshare Simulator’s Steam page has been updated with a much more detailed AI disclosure. That change follows former lead writer Stella Sacco’s August 11, 2026 statement that she had, in effect, been replaced by ChatGPT. The new disclosure says generative tools were used for voice generation, some of the in-game radio music, parts of localization, and passenger mission generation in the optional Free Ride mode.

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Saber Interactive still draws a line around the main campaign. The studio says the core story was made by people, not AI: human writers handled the main plot, the characters, and the dialogue. According to the disclosure, AI was used only for supplementary, procedural, or repeatable material.

Sacco’s August 11 statement also argued that the Steam page hadn’t clearly disclosed AI passenger voices under Valve’s transparency rules. The updated language on Steam doesn’t go so far as to confirm her account outright. Still, it says a lot more than Saber Interactive’s earlier denial did.

And that’s really where this story sits now: transparency. If you care about how Steam deals with AI disclosure, this update matters. Valve requires developers to tell players when generative systems are used to shape assets or in-game content, and critics say players weren’t clearly told that from the start.

The backlash picked up even more after Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch brushed Sacco aside, said she had been replaced by “someone more talented,” and added that he would’ve been happy to replace her with AI. At that point, this stopped looking like a dispute over one game’s credits and started feeding into the larger industry fight over how much automation game development is supposed to accept.

You can read the updated disclosure on Steam.