Team Cherry is not publicly confirmed to be using AI in the development of Hollow Knight or Silksong, and the current “they use AI” discourse is largely driven by a recent joke post and forum speculation rather than solid evidence. There is also a separate claim about AI being used for specific cover art, but this comes from a community discussion rather than an official statement.

What actually happened

Recent chatter about “Team Cherry using AI” comes mainly from:

  • A highly upvoted “silkpost” (joke post) on the Silksong subreddit claiming Team Cherry is using AI, which many people and search summaries then took at face value.
  • A follow‑up clarification post by the same community stressing that Team Cherry is not using AI and that the viral claim was intended as a joke.
  • Forum threads where users debate whether certain promotional or cover art (like “Sea of Sorrow” cover art) might have involved AI tools, but these are user accusations, not confirmed facts.

What Team Cherry has (and hasn’t) said

  • As of the latest public community discussion, fans are repeating that “Team Cherry is not using AI and will never do it,” but this is phrased as community commentary, not as a directly linked official statement from the studio in those threads.
  • There is no widely cited, verifiable, official post from Team Cherry announcing broad AI use for art, writing, or core assets; most claims in discussions are either defenses (“they aren’t using AI”) or criticisms based on suspicion about individual pieces of art.

How reliable are the AI accusations?

  • The main “Team Cherry is using AI now” post is explicitly treated as a joke (“silkpost”) within the Silksong community, and several commenters warn that search AIs and casual readers might misinterpret it as news.
  • Community discussions about AI-generated cover art express disappointment and ethical concerns, but they do not provide technical proof or a studio confirmation, so they should be treated as unverified claims.

Takeaway if you’re worried about AI use

  • If the concern is “Is Silksong secretly an AI‑generated game?”: current public information does not support that; the big “they use AI” story is a joke that escaped its context.
  • If the concern is “Did they ever touch AI tools for something specific (e.g., a piece of cover art or internal dev help)?”: that remains unconfirmed; the only concrete mentions are from community posts, not official development logs or press releases.

For now, the safest summary is: the phrase “Team Cherry is using AI” is mostly a meme and controversy born from a joke post and fan speculation, not from clear, official confirmation by the studio.

TL;DR: If you see search snippets or AI summaries claiming “Team Cherry is using AI,” treat them skeptically and check the original Reddit threads, because several of those posts are explicitly labeled as jokes or clarifications, not real announcements.

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