Wizards of the Coast is banning the use of artificial intelligence tools within its “Magic: The Gathering” franchise across its brand, after criticism that the company used AI to create images for new games by having gamers scream dirty in the company’s commercials. banned from. Tomb Raider Secret Lair card game set instead of a human artist.
According to a report from the gaming news website, the new policy comes a month after the game’s developer previously came under fire on social media as fans began pointing out aspects of ‘Tomb Raider’ imagery that claimed the images were AI-generated. It will. wargamer.
“For 30 years, Magic: The Gathering has been built on the innovation, creativity, and hard work of talented people creating beautiful, creative games. That doesn’t change.” Wizards of the Coast said in a statement Tuesday. “Our internal guidelines regarding artificial intelligence tools remain the same: Artists, writers, and creators contributing to the Magic TCG should refrain from using AI-generated tools to create final Magic products.”
Magic is created through the hard work and creativity of people all over the world. We require artists, writers, and creators contributing to the Magic TCG to refrain from using AI generation tools to create final Magic products.
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— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) December 19, 2023
Wizards of the Coast also acknowledged an editor job posting from earlier this year, making it clear that the listing is for editing and retouching “human-created” works of art and has nothing to do with generative AI.
“We collaborate with some of the most talented artists and creators in the world, and we believe these people make Magic great,” said Wizards of the Coast.
There is no response from the company yet detoxification Request for comment.
Twitter user and wargamer Norn-Queen Kya responded on Twitter: “We both know we’ll be seeing you creating AI content again in a week or so from now.” “But thank you for continuing to show up.”
Wizards of the Coast didn’t reveal the exact reason for the tweet and policy explanation, but this isn’t the first time AI has been a thorn in the side of the iconic tabletop game developer.
Last August, the Dungeons and Dragons publisher confirmed that artist Ilya Shkipin used generative AI to create images for the upcoming book “Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!”
“He will not be using AI for wizard work going forward,” a tweet from the D&D Beyond account said at the time. A D&D Beyond tweet stated that the company is revising its artist guidelines to clarify that “artists should refrain from using AI art creation as part of their artistic creation process.”
Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, has tried using generative AI but has said it will be used in future board games, not Dungeons and Dragons.
Last July, Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion, removed popular Magic: the Gathering artist Greg Rutkowski’s visual style from its training dataset after the artist and others complained that his work had been used without permission. Deleted.
Wizards of the Coast isn’t the only game developer to criticize and accuse gamers of using AI instead of human creators.
Last month, Riot Games refuted claims that it used generative AI to create voiceovers for the latest League of Legends expansion, Wild Rift. Gamers said it sounded like AI. Riot Games responded that the cause of the uproar was not AI, but incorrect voice production.
“Hello everyone, a few days ago we released a Sivir tutorial video to show off to our players.” Riot Games said On Twitter. “The name Sivir was mispronounced due to failure to provide proper direction to the voice actor in the video. “This is our responsibility, and we will ensure that something like this does not occur in the future.”
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
