'Wrong (again)' — Infinity Ward Fires Back at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Gunny AI Chatbot Claim

Infinity Ward has deed backmost astatine claims the caller Gunsmith for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 features an AI chatbot.

Modern Warfare 4's Gunsmith includes Gunny, a caller diagnostic designed to assistance players rapidly make builds based connected their playstyle and unlocked attachments. Infinity Ward has said it features limb builds developed by the studio's Weapons Team, and tin instantly configure close-, mid-, oregon long-range builds tailored to antithetic approaches to combat. In a blog post, Activision said Gunny “brings a Gunnery Sergeant’s oculus to limb customization.”

The caller diagnostic deed the headlines aft a screenshot of Modern Warfare 4 showing the caller Gunsmith idiosyncratic interface went viral connected societal media. In the image, we spot Gunny "speak" to the subordinate via substance reminiscent of the benignant of dialog we’re present utilized to seeing from the likes of ChatGPT.

“Hello, I tin assistance you physique a limb erstwhile you person much attachments unlocked,” Gunny says. “Keep leveling your weapon.” You tin property RT to entree Gunny from Gunsmith.

Modern Warfare 4's Gunsmith incorporates Gunny, which you tin spot successful the bottommost close of this image. Image credit: Activision Publishing.

Fans picked up connected this instantly and expressed concern, with immoderate joking it that Gunny was Call of Duty’s instrumentality connected Microsoft's animated paperclip assistant, Clippy. “Genuinely what’s 1 upside to having an AI assistance physique your gun,” asked 1 fan. “Some responses were peculiarly aggressive. “If you’re allowed to chat with Gunny, I’m exclusively telling it to sprout itself successful the face,” 1 idiosyncratic said. “You cannot spell virtually anyplace successful the integer satellite without these assholes shoving this useless s**t down our throats.”

Infinity Ward stepped successful erstwhile erstwhile Call of Duty leaker TheGhostOfHope joined the complaints successful a station connected X / Twitter: “They got an AI chatbot successful the crippled present to assistance mfs with their loadouts arsenic if it’s not the aforesaid s**t utilized each year.”

That, it seems, was capable to spark Infinity Ward into action. In a reply, the developer insisted Gunny offers developer-tuned setups for speedy loadout swaps betwixt matches.

“Wrong (again.)” Infinity Ward said.

“Gunny is manus crafted by our developers, not AI. It recommends builds based connected the attachments you’ve unlocked for each weapon. It helps marque speedy loadout changes betwixt matches.

“Give it a changeable successful the Beta.”

As you tin astir apt stitchery by Infinity Ward’s “wrong (again),” response, there’s a spot of needle betwixt Activision and TheGhostOfHope. TheGhostOfHope is good known successful the Call of Duty assemblage for leaks, immoderate of which Activision has called retired arsenic incorrect successful the past. For example, successful February, TheGhostOfHope claimed that “sources” had indicated that Activision planned to motorboat a standalone Zombies game. That assertion prompted an authoritative effect from the Call of Duty account, which poured acold h2o connected the “leak.” “The rumor mill moving overtime. This ain’t it,” the relationship said.

Then, successful March, Activision demanded TheGhostOfHope halt releasing confidential accusation astir the series, insisting that adjacent erstwhile leaks are incorrect they origin problems. TheGhostOfHope agreed, though has continued to remark connected Call of Duty generally.

While Gunny whitethorn not beryllium an AI chatbot exactly, Activision has travel nether occurrence successful the past for its usage of AI successful the Call of Duty series. The games institution utilized generative AI to physique in-game assets for some Black Ops 6 and 7, and was called retired by fans for Black Ops 6’s infamous six-fingered zombie Santa.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches crossed Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5 and PC via Battle.net, Xbox connected PC, Steam, and Nintendo Switch 2 connected Friday, October 23, 2026.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].