>Kim was warned by his legal department that the earnout would still need to be paid even if there was a “dismissal with cause” of the Unknown Worlds’ leadership – the co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire and chief executive Ted Gill.

>He was also warned it would expose Krafton to “lawsuit and reputation risk”.

>Kim then turned to ChatGPT for help, Will said in the ruling.

>ChatGPT initially responded that the earnout would be “difficult to cancel” but later at ChatGPT’s suggestion Kim formed an internal taskforce, dubbed Project X.

>“The task force’s mandate was to either negotiate a ‘deal’ on the earnout or execute a ‘Take Over’ of Unknown Worlds,” Will stated.