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Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games | Techdirt

2 days ago - Vincke made clear the tech was only being used for things like placeholder text, PowerPoint presentations, and early concept art experiments and that nothing AI-generated would be included in Larian’s upcoming RPG, Divinity.

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Swen Vincke promises an AMA to clear up Larian's use of generative AI: 'You’ll get the opportunity to ask us any questions you have about Divinity and our dev process directly' | PC Gamer

1 week ago - Vincke kicked off an uproar earlier this week when he said that Larian makes use of generative AI "to explore ideas."

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They also specifically said they are only using ai in very mundane steps. They still have artists, writers, actors, basically the same team but even bigger than BG3. I don't think you need to worry about this, they are NOT using it to replace creativity. Making PowerPoints or help tedious steps is not the same as using ai to make your game to replace real people. More on reddit.com

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I don't personally have a dog in this fight because I'm not a developer and what do I know about workflow, but it's very interesting to see the relatively tame take from reddit on gen AI use when it's coming from a beloved studio on this site vs. the plethora of other devs and publishers who share this same exact sentiment, yet get raked over the coals for it. I can't help but to imagine what this thread would look like if this was coming from anyone other than Sven Vincke lol. EDIT: Hey, thanks for deleting this post whilst leaving up the other 2 Larian-related threads with positive headlines, mods. A little subtly would be appreciated here. More on reddit.com

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Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: "We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI" - IGN : Games

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1 week ago - Larian Studios' good rep has recently been damaged by its CEO, Swen Vincke, revealing that the company uses generative AI for some tasks in its upcoming Divinity game.

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1 week ago - Vincke told Bloomberg that Larian is using generative AI for certain tasks — to "flesh out PowerPoint presentations, develop concept art and write placeholder text" — but that what will ultimately appear in Divinity will be created by actual ...

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1 week ago - "At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison." Vincke concluded: "We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier." In the original interview, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier wrote about how Larian "has been pushing hard on generative AI" under Vincke.

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Larian Studios to Host Reddit AMA After Divinity AI Backlash

1 week ago - According to Vincke, Larian only uses AI in early concept placeholder’s that get replaced.

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1 week ago - Larian Studios is facing unexpected backlash over CEO Swen Vicke's explanation of how it uses generative AI.

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1 week ago - Many still argue that Larian's use of AI is problematic, however, and maintain that the way it crawls the entire internet to generate a mock-up image is unethical compared to the way a concept artist might organically search Google or art books ...

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1 week ago - Vincke made clear the tech was only being used for things like placeholder text, PowerPoint presentations, and early concept art experiments and that nothing AI-generated would be included in Larian’s upcoming RPG, Divinity.

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1 week ago - Speaking to Bloomberg, Larian boss Swen Vincke said its developers use generative AI tools for things like exploring new game ideas, developing concept art, creating placeholder text, and for PowerPoint presentations.

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian defends itself as fans react to generative AI use: 'I'm not entirely sure we are the ideal target for the level of scorn' | PC Gamer

1 week ago - Vincke reiterated in the interview that the studio isn't using generative AI to create any of the art, voices, or writing we see in its games. After the interview was published, he also said that "pushing hard" isn't a correct characterization of Larian's AI policy and that AI is not being used "to develop concept art" in his view—though it is being used in "the very early ideation stages."

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Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN

1 week ago - This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes for things like concept art and placeholder text.

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1 week ago - A few hours ago, reports surfaced ... new RPG Divinity - specifically, to come up with ideas, produce placeholder text, develop concept art, and create materials for PowerPoint presentations....

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Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated | Eurogamer.net

1 week ago - As such, the studio is looking to AI with its follow-up, but Vincke confirmed it hasn't massively improved efficiency. Larian uses AI tools to explore ideas, expand on internal presentations, develop concept art, and write placeholder text, ...

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1 week ago - Vincke told Bloomberg the company was using it for some placeholder text, meeting presentations, and concept art references. He was adamant that it was not being used to undercut human creativity and would not appear in finished games like ...

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According to this interview with Swen Vinke, Larian is pushing for generative AI use in things like exploring ideas, fleshing out presentations, and making concept art.

I can't say I'm surprised, but I expected better from Larian. If you use Gen AI during the most creative steps in development and iteration, it taints the whole creative process in my eyes.

They also specifically said they are only using ai in very mundane steps. They still have artists, writers, actors, basically the same team but even bigger than BG3. I don't think you need to worry about this, they are NOT using it to replace creativity. Making PowerPoints or help tedious steps is not the same as using ai to make your game to replace real people.

The article specifies that theyre using it for placeholder text, concept art and for PowerPoints, all of which im not crazy on in general. But theres a MASSIVE gulf between that and using AI to write scripts, replace actors and devs, etc. I think Vinke is smart enough and in tune enough with their audience to understand the disdain for this kind of thing, especially when the lead actors of BG3 have gone out of their way to call out AI use.

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1 week ago - Don’t think anyone cared too much when E33 used AI for placeholders as well. Continue this thread Continue this thread Continue this thread Continue this thread Continue this thread ... At least Arc Raiders has disclosed it on Steam so that people know. Expedition 33 still has no disclosure despite AI generated content being found in the game. Larian seem to be being open about it, which is the best we can ask for I think.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Will Hold Fan Q&A About Dev Processes Following AI Backlash, And Says It Will 'Make Changes' to Processes That 'Fail to Align With Who We Are' - IGN

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