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Fans are accusing Fortnite of poor AI sloppiness as the game releases a major new update.
The claims began over the weekend. On the r/FortNiteBR subreddit dedicated to the battle royale shooter, some gamers posted screenshots of in-game art that appeared to be the work of an AI model. Poster for a made-up film called “Mile High Retreat” For exampleOne shows a yeti with five toes on one foot and four on the other – a clear sign of shoddy AI material.
“Say ‘No’ to AI Slops,” A Most upvoted posts Anger erupted on the Reddit forum. “A billion dollar company should have no problem supporting real artists for real art.”
The moderator gave a thorough presentation megathread Dedicated to controversy. In a survey linked to the thread, more than 80 percent of respondents said that AI content “does not belong in Fortnite or other video games.”
Although nothing has been confirmed yet, the timing is notable. Just last week, Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, which owns Fortnite, complained about video game storefront Steam’s policy that requires developers to disclose whether their products use AI-generated content. In short, they felt Steam was unfairly singling out the use of AI, which they claimed was already essential to game development.
“The AI tag is relevant to art exhibitions and digital content licensing markets for authorship disclosure, where buyers need to understand the rights situation,” Sweeney said. Tweeted Last week. “This makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in almost all future production.”
Later, Swinney made fun of The idea of AI revelations is perfect. “Why ban the use of AI? We can have mandatory disclosures about what brand of shampoo the developer uses,” he scoffed. “Customers deserve to know.”
At least one allegation of AI appears to be false. After more obvious-looking AI-slops like the nine-clawed Yeti made the rounds, the ensuing wave of paranoia replaced the anime-style image of Marty McFly from “Back to the Future.” Some said it looked “Ghiblified”, referring to the popular trend of using AI to create images that mimic the iconic style of anime studios, which OpenAI started earlier this year.
But the painter behind the image, Shawn Dove, Cleared the air on InstagramStating that it was a hand-drawn creation – although he admitted that the strange-looking clocks in the background could be AI as they were taken from stock images.
The Fortnite update also brings with it a new emote with music Some people are saying that it is also AI-generatedHowever, its case is also uncertain. The K-pop style track, “Latata”, shares the same name as a hit song released by real girl group I-dol seven years ago, and features suspiciously fake-looking album art.
In other words, it’s a messy situation – but if one thing is clear, it’s that AI-generated imagery has permanently eroded people’s trust, often to the detriment of flesh-and-blood artists.
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