Grand Theft Auto's developer, Rockstar Games, didn't respond to multiple requests for comment, but has previously posted about its policy on single-player modding: 'Take-Two has agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar’s PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties.'
The Princeton lab is now building its own simulator called 'MaxiumusFurtum IV,' Kornhauser said. 'We have used as part of our research in 'proof of concept' efforts and not happy about it,' said Alain Kornhauser, a professor at Princeton University and faculty chair of the school's autonomous vehicle program, in an email.
Princeton's Autonomous Vehicle Engineering program had been using GTA V for about two and a half years, before it shut down earlier in 2017.
'DeepDrive started with a mission to allow more people to work on self-driving AI, and the interest it received was absolutely incredible - something I am truly grateful to you all for,' reads a note from Quiter on the site's home page. 'Unfortunately, however, we are restricted from providing resources using GTA V for legal reasons.' DeepDrive was a personal project of engineer Craig Quiter, who joined Uber-owned self-driving car group Otto last November.
