{"id":1155585,"date":"2023-06-29T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1155585"},"modified":"2023-06-29T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:51:31","slug":"developer-claims-steam-is-rejecting-games-with-ai-generated-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1155585","title":{"rendered":"Developer claims Steam is rejecting games with AI-generated artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/steam-stats.jpe\" alt=\"Can you tell which of these seemingly identical bits of Steam iconography were generated using AI (trick question, it's none of them).\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\">Can you tell which of these seemingly identical bits of Steam iconography were generated using AI (trick question, it&#8217;s none of them). (credit: Aurich Lawson)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Valve has reportedly become the latest company to react to the uncertain legal landscape surrounding AI-generated artwork by simply barring its use in submitted materials. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/legaladvicecanada\/comments\/101o366\/creating_an_indie_game_company_to_publish_a_game\/\">anonymous developer<\/a> going by the Reddit handle potterharry97 reports having a Steam game page submission rejected for the use of &#8220;art assets generated by artificial intelligence that appears to be relying on copyrighted material owned by third parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Potterharry97 originally posted about the rejection in a May post on the now-private GameDev subreddit (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230511031304\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gamedev\/comments\/13cce1y\/game_rejected_for_ai_generated_assets\/\">partially archived here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fgamedev%2Fcomments%2F13cce1y%2Fgame_rejected_for_ai_generated_assets%2F&amp;oq=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fgamedev%2Fcomments%2F13cce1y%2Fgame_rejected_for_ai_generated_assets%2F&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg60gEIMjk1M2owajSoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">Google Cache here<\/a>). In that post, potterharry97 admitted that &#8220;a large portion of the assets have some AI involvement in its creation&#8221; through the use of Stable Diffusion. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/aigamedev\/comments\/142j3yt\/valve_is_not_willing_to_publish_games_with_ai\/\">a follow-up post this month<\/a> on the AIGameDev subreddit, potterharry97 wrote that the initial submission was intended as an early placeholder version, &#8220;with 2-3 assets\/sprites that were admittedly obviously AI generated from the hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That &#8220;obvious&#8221; use of AI art tools apparently set off some alarm bells with a Valve moderator, who reportedly replied that Valve had &#8220;identified intellectual property&#8230; which appears to belongs to one or more third parties. In particular, [Game Name Here] contains art assets generated by artificial intelligence that appears to be relying on copyrighted material owned by third parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1950944#p3\">Read 11 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1950944&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1950944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Developer claims Steam is rejecting games with AI-generated artwork<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell which of these seemingly identical bits of Steam iconography were generated using AI (trick question, it&#8217;s none of them). 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