Footage shows terrifying new OpenAI tool create Call of Duty Nuketown dupe

Game development has long been pivoting to an AI-hybrid model, with studios being criticised for scaling back in favour of non-human alternatives.

It's a debate that runs rife through the industry, but AI continues to pose a threat to creativity, with studios now having to actively outline whether they have used artificial software in the development of games, often to their detriment.

Yet as platforms such as OpenAI and ChatGPT continue to push the boundaries of what is possible from a non-human mind, its game development is getting increasingly scary.

And that has just been epitomised through the new release of GPT-6 Astra.

The new AI engine launched yesterday with its most powerful systems yet, opening a whole new conversation on morality and safety. But ultimately, tech savants have quickly begun testing it, and after just a few hours and a handful of prompts, one gamer has recreated the iconic Call of Duty map Nuketown with a full playable shooter game ready to be played.

AI Nuketown showcased hours after GPT-6's release

One of the most simplistic and iconic shooter maps ever made is Nuketown.

Originally made in Black Ops 1 and featured in eight Call of Duty games since (BO1-7 and CoD: Mobile), the landscape is simple: two houses at the end of a cul-de-sac separated by a fire truck and a school bus, with two cars on each flank. Easy, simple, fun.

Taking to social media, one person posted a four-minute video of ChatGPT prompts that recreated the entire Nuketown map, including shooting mechanics with active enemies on the playground.

Given the limited time, fans have commented on how scarily quickly the map was created, showing what could be possible after months of refining.

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"Two years ago, AI could code a Snake clone. One year ago, AI could code a Flappy Bird clone. Today, AI can code a Counter-Strike / CoD clone. Makes me wonder what ChatGPT or even open-source models will be able to do in five or 10 years..." one player said.

Another added, "It's crazy that in the near future we will be able to create bespoke video games that are just for us. I don't game currently, but being able to make up whatever game I might want is pretty alluring. Sci-fi kind of stuff!"

Others are more terrified of this.

"Oh yay, another creative industry that will be replaced with slop," a critical fan said.

A second added, "Nice, let's get dependent on AI, learn nothing of our own so we can pay huge amounts of money to buy credits from those companies."

There's still a long way to go before AI games can even begin to rival true human creations, especially narratively and in terms of unorthodox new concepts, but its a scary start.