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US judge rules in favor of human ingenuity, denies copyright for AI art
20.8.2023
This ruling shifts the conversation on AI and copyright, underscoring the significance of human creativity in intellectual property
Freeflo: Free, Curated AI Images and Prompts for Creative Projects
25.7.2023
Freeflo is a comprehensive library of curated AI-generated images and prompts enabling accessible and professional AI image creation for creative projects
Valve Does Not Want To Discourage The Use Of AI In Games
4.7.2023
Last week, there was wide speculation that Valve might be intending to ban games that use AI-generated content, following a post on Reddit that suggested the practice was not being allowed. However, this seems not to be the case—at least, it’s nowhere near that simple—following a statement given...
Steam Might Be Banning Games Made With AI Art
29.6.2023
Valve seems to be blocking video games created with AI-generated assets from being published on its online storefront Steam. A Reddit post from earlier this month, first noticed by GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, includes a message from Valve explaining that it “cannot ship games for which...
You Can Watch AI Trump Vs. AI Biden In An Endless, Unhinged Debate Live On Twitch
20.6.2023
If there’s a big enough data set to pull from, AI can create audio and visual replications of anyone suddenly saying and doing things they’ve never said before. You’ve probably already seen this in action, whether it’s those popular AI TikTok songs that show you what Ariana Grande might sound like...
Free AI Generated Images Vol. 1
12.6.2023
Our first collection of 120+ free AI generated images for you to use in your projects or draw inspiration from. Prompts included!
Duke Nukem Promo Caught Using AI Images, Publisher Apologises
2.6.2023
What would otherwise have been a fairly minor announcement, the news that the first two Duke Nukem games were coming to an Evercade handheld, has blown up after the rapid discovery that the bundle’s promotion included a bunch of terrible machine-generated imagery.Read more
Studio Denies Laying Off Artists For AI After Fans Spot Character With Six Fingers
31.5.2023
Rayark, the developers of the excellent Cytus rhythm action games (which we’ve covered previously), have this week faced allegations that some of the company’s artists had been laid off and replaced with, you guessed it, machine-generated imagery.Read more
Microsoft urges lawmakers, companies to ‘step up’ with AI guardrails
26.5.2023
Microsoft President Brad Smith is the latest tech industry heavyweight to call for better risk management and regulation for artificial intelligence
Blizzard's AI Tools Sound Incredibly Depressing
23.5.2023
It hasn’t been the best week at Blizzard, so let’s check in and see how things are going with something other than Overwatch 2 like...ah, the company’s management sending out emails about how AI tools are going to be help design character outfits and “generate concept art”. Lovely.Read more
Legendary Horror Manga Creator Is A Little Worried About AI Artwork
4.5.2023
The tumultuous digital age we find ourselves in has become a modern horror story for professional voice actors and artists witnessing “AI” machine-learning technologies go from being harmless-seeming fun to capitalist tools of extraction that copy and sell their voices and art without permission...
AI Image Generator Is Making Wild And Horrifying Game Controllers
21.4.2023
When it’s not stealing or plagiarizing, generative AI is improving quickly. Images that used to look uncanny now appear more natural and humanly imperfect. But it still struggles with plenty of things. Apparently video game controllers are one of them. Someone asked Midjourney for simple pictures...
Artists Finally Have A Tool To Help Fight Back Against 'AI' Platforms
17.3.2023
It’s been almost a year since the emergence of “AI art” platforms (it’s neither truly “AI” or art), and in that time artists have had to sit back and watch helplessly as their creative works have been sucked up by machine learning and used to create new images without either credit...
AI Artist Claire Silver to Show NFT Collection at Louvre
8.3.2023
Silver has also been signed by global talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME) as its first AI artist
Bungie Accidentally Showcases AI-Generated Destiny Image, Asks For Help Spotting Them
14.2.2023
You can joke about fingers all you want, but the reason AI-generated imagery is perceived as a threat and not just an idle curiosity is its ability to pass for actual, human-created artwork. On the extreme end of the scale that’s a threat to accurate news reporting, and on the more harmless...
'AI Art' Companies & DeviantArt Are Being Sued By Artists
15.1.2023
Stability AI and Midjourney—two of the biggest names in the exploding field of AI-generated imagery—and portfolio site DeviantArt have become the target of a class action lawsuit, filed in California on behalf of artists.Read more
Kickstarter Suspends AI-Generated Image (Well, Porn) Project
22.12.2022
Until today, there had been an active Kickstarter campaign running for Unstable Diffusion, a project describing themselves as “a group born out of a grassroots community effort to reject the limiting rules of corporate AI companies”.Read more
Some Of My Favorite Images From ArtStation's AI Protests
21.12.2022
For the past week, ArtStation—the world’s most popular portfolio site for professional (and amateur!) artists working in the entertainment business—has been rocked by protests from its users, after owners Epic Games refused to offer adequate protections against the growing threat of AI-generated...
Rick And Morty Creator Used AI Art, Voice Acting In Recent Game
15.12.2022
As the debate around AI “art” continues to rage on sites like ArtStation, Twitter, and Reddit (and likely in the comments below this very article) it’s already being used in commercial projects. Most recently, Justin Roiland of Squanch Games and Rick And Morty fame confirmed that his newest...
ArtStation Responds To AI Controversy, Makes Things Worse
15.12.2022
Both professional and amateur artists alike were united yesterday in protest against ArtStation, the field’s biggest portfolio site, for its seeming inaction against a rising tide of AI-generated imagery washing up on its front page.Read more