The CEO of a video game publisher has been accused of asking ChatGPT how to wriggle out of paying out $250 million in bonuses.

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

The studio’s cofounders allege that they were fired so that Krafton could avoid paying out their enormous bonuses, which were based on “Subnautica 2” hitting certain sales milest

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