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One World of Warcraft player has created their own private version of Azeroth, populated not by other players, but with AI-powered bots.
As detailed on the wowservers subreddit, user Mr-Nilsson_85 explained how they created a “proof of concept” of what a Wrath of the Lich King-era WoW server played entirely by bots looks like, turning one of the world’s premier MMORPGs into what is essentially a single-player game. The server hosts 1,800 bot “players” that go about playing the game as real players normally would–completing quests, leveling professions, killing monsters, and equipping better gear.
Despite being against the game’s terms-of-service, bots aren’t exactly anything new in WoW, having existed almost as long as the game has been around. They usually come in the gold-farming variety, completing repetitive tasks like mining and vendoring ore over and over again. But these bots are different, as their ability to chat with each other and potential real players is powered by DeepSeek AI. As Mr-Nilsson_85 explains, the bots have predefined “topics” to talk about among themselves, “but they do respond to each other, and they do respond to the player.”
At first glance, these AI conversations can look fairly legitimate. But upon closer inspection,
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