I’ve found 2 very interesting videos from Blackshark what may can foreshadowing what we can expect from FS24. For me the coolest part was when they managed to automate creating airports based on charts:
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All looks interesting but I didn’t really see much that looks too different from what Blackshark already does in the sim. Or am I missing something?
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Looking at it today https://blackshark.ai/news/ there seems to be a much better interpretation of buildings than before and the redesign from the side (rather than top down) looks to be more accurate. Either way, they have certainly grown their business since 2020 and there are some cool commercial feature in there now too (not to mention Unreal Engine development support - although that won’t affect MSFS).
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they can apparently generate airports just from charts. Though that was for Unreal engine.
Models in the video did seem to be some of the same generic models used for airports and autogen in 2020.
I thought that’s what they always did, part of it anyway…?
Considering all the incorrect taxi way naming, I don’t think so.
and that the Kicker — Unreal Engine development support - although that won’t affect MSFS
or will it
Watching video, I heard comments about “Can be exported to other formats” 
Well some of the autogen models in their Unreal demo are the same ones used in MSFS right now, plus some I haven’t seen before. Maybe they’ll be in 2024.
I thought they used the images for buildings and taxiway runway layout. Not necessarily naming from text on the image. That combined with information from the AFD’s.