Wizards of the Coast, publisher of the popular Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role playing game, acknowledged on Saturday that one of its hired artists had used artificial intelligence in creating imagery included in one of its upcoming books, and said updated guidelines are coming.
The Hasbro-owned company said on Twitter that it had reached out to Ilya Shkipin, a California-based artist with whom they had previously worked, and reached an understanding that will apply to other contributors going forward.
“He will not use AI for Wizards’ work moving forward,” D&D said. “Artists must refrain from using AI art generation as part of their creation process for developing D&D art.”
The 34-year-old painter had used AI technology to develop illustrations commissioned for the forthcoming D&D sourcebook “Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!”
Shkipin holds a BFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He is also a singer and a bass player in an experimental indie-rock band called The Laytcomers.
Wizards of the Coast said it was not aware of the artist’s use of AI, suggesting that the tabletop-gaming giant may have put its foot down before. The d
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