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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9153130" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Three news stories this week came out about algorithmic generation aka "AI Art" in the tabletop gaming industry.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]301401[/ATTACH]</p><p>BackerKit announced that effective October 4, <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/rootin%E2%80%99-tootin%E2%80%99-old-school-shootin%E2%80%99-a-review-of-dead-in-the-west.699470/" target="_blank">no project will be allowed with any writing or art assets that were entirely created by algorithmic generation aka “AI”</a>. From the blog post:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The post includes image examples of what content is and is not allowed. Additionally, BackerKit will add an option to the back end for creators that will allow them to “exclude all content uploaded by our creators for their projects from AI training”. This is opt-out, meaning that by default this ban is in place and creators who want their work used for training generative algorithms must go in and specifically allow it.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]301402[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This move comes alongside a pair of recent controversies in tabletop gaming. Last month, Wizards of the Coast came under fire as it was revealed <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/glory-of-the-giants-ai-enhanced-art.699127/" target="_blank">a freelance artist used algorithmic generation</a> for artwork included in <em>Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants</em>. Wizards of the Coast quickly <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-artists-must-refrain-from-using-ai-art-generation.699147/" target="_blank">updated their stance on algorithmic generation</a> with a statement that the artwork would be removed from the D&D Beyond digital copies of the book and will place new language in contracts banning the use of algorithmic generation.</p><p></p><p>This week, Gizmodo reporter Linda Codega reported that the artwork in the D&D Beyond version of <em>Bigby Presents </em><a href="https://gizmodo.com/dnd-bigby-presents-giants-ai-art-replace-ilya-shkipin-1850895711" target="_blank">has now been replaced with new art</a>. No announcement was made about the new artwork, and Gizmodo’s attempts to contact Wizards of the Coast for a statement directed them to the statement made in August. The artist who used algorithmic generation, Ilya Shkipin, has been removed from the art credits from the book, and the artwork has replaced by works by Claudio Prozas, Quintin Gleim, Linda Lithen, Daneen Wilkerson, Daarken, and Suzanne Helmigh.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]301403[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the largest tabletop gaming convention in Europe, Essen Spiel, recently ran into the same controversy <a href="https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/02/the-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-is-using-ai-art-on-its-tickets-posters-and-app/" target="_blank">as promotional material for the convention used algorithmically generated artwork</a> including the convention’s official app, promotional posters, and tickets for the event.</p><p></p><p>Marz Verlag, the parent company for the convention, responded to <a href="https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/essen-spiel-2023/news/essen-spiel-2023-admits-using-ai-generated-artwork" target="_blank">a request for comment from Dicebreaker</a>:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Meeps, a board game-playing kitten and totally innocent of the controversy (because who could blame a cute kitty), is the new mascot for the convention <a href="https://mojo-nation.com/spiel-debuts-first-ever-show-mascot-meeps/" target="_blank">announced this past July</a> voted on by fans and was designed by illustrator Michael Menzel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 9153130, member: 6669048"] Three news stories this week came out about algorithmic generation aka "AI Art" in the tabletop gaming industry. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]301401[/ATTACH][/CENTER] BackerKit announced that effective October 4, [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/rootin%E2%80%99-tootin%E2%80%99-old-school-shootin%E2%80%99-a-review-of-dead-in-the-west.699470/']no project will be allowed with any writing or art assets that were entirely created by algorithmic generation aka “AI”[/URL]. From the blog post: The post includes image examples of what content is and is not allowed. Additionally, BackerKit will add an option to the back end for creators that will allow them to “exclude all content uploaded by our creators for their projects from AI training”. This is opt-out, meaning that by default this ban is in place and creators who want their work used for training generative algorithms must go in and specifically allow it. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]301402[/ATTACH][/CENTER] This move comes alongside a pair of recent controversies in tabletop gaming. Last month, Wizards of the Coast came under fire as it was revealed [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/glory-of-the-giants-ai-enhanced-art.699127/']a freelance artist used algorithmic generation[/URL] for artwork included in [I]Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants[/I]. Wizards of the Coast quickly [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-artists-must-refrain-from-using-ai-art-generation.699147/']updated their stance on algorithmic generation[/URL] with a statement that the artwork would be removed from the D&D Beyond digital copies of the book and will place new language in contracts banning the use of algorithmic generation. This week, Gizmodo reporter Linda Codega reported that the artwork in the D&D Beyond version of [I]Bigby Presents [/I][URL='https://gizmodo.com/dnd-bigby-presents-giants-ai-art-replace-ilya-shkipin-1850895711']has now been replaced with new art[/URL]. No announcement was made about the new artwork, and Gizmodo’s attempts to contact Wizards of the Coast for a statement directed them to the statement made in August. The artist who used algorithmic generation, Ilya Shkipin, has been removed from the art credits from the book, and the artwork has replaced by works by Claudio Prozas, Quintin Gleim, Linda Lithen, Daneen Wilkerson, Daarken, and Suzanne Helmigh. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]301403[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Meanwhile, the largest tabletop gaming convention in Europe, Essen Spiel, recently ran into the same controversy [URL='https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/02/the-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-is-using-ai-art-on-its-tickets-posters-and-app/']as promotional material for the convention used algorithmically generated artwork[/URL] including the convention’s official app, promotional posters, and tickets for the event. Marz Verlag, the parent company for the convention, responded to [URL='https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/essen-spiel-2023/news/essen-spiel-2023-admits-using-ai-generated-artwork']a request for comment from Dicebreaker[/URL]: Meeps, a board game-playing kitten and totally innocent of the controversy (because who could blame a cute kitty), is the new mascot for the convention [URL='https://mojo-nation.com/spiel-debuts-first-ever-show-mascot-meeps/']announced this past July[/URL] voted on by fans and was designed by illustrator Michael Menzel. [/QUOTE]
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