Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 Gets Called Out By Gamers For Pushing AI Slop

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has officially launched, and early impressions are mixed. Two almost universally maligned parts of the latest COD game can be seen in blatantly AI-generated art and what looks to be one of the worst campaigns yet seen in the series. This isn't to say there aren't positive aspects of the Black Ops 7 experience—the series' core multiplayer gameplay, PC performance, and the Zombies aspects are being praised—but the questionable campaign and AI use seem to have been almost universally panned.

The generative AI claims have been definitively proven, since Activision admits on the Steam page for the game that it uses generative AI. But unlike something like ARC Raiders, which at least uses the technology within the constraints of a specific art style and tone (similar to that studios' prior hit, The Finals), Black Ops 7 is blatantly piggybacking on ...