

Agreed. Especially since they’ve admitted to it now.
Here’s an article I found that has a copy of their statement (rather than linking to their Twitter, where they originally released the statement):
“Crimson Desert Dev Apologizes For Not Disclosing AI Generated Art As It Works To Remove It”















I think it’s a combination of multiple different groups each with many different reasons/ideologies/motivations behind this, so I think you and the OP article are both correct.