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[00:00.04]A major American game maker

[00:02.88]has banned designers

[00:05.24]from using artificial intelligence (AI) tools

[00:10.40]to create artwork for its games.

[00:14.64]The company, Wizards of the Coast,

[00:18.16]owns the product collection

[00:20.64]for the popular game

[00:22.40]Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

[00:26.88]The role-playing game, set in an imaginary world,

[00:31.76]was first launched in 1974.

[00:36.40]Toy manufacturer Hasbro is the parent company

[00:41.04]of Wizards of the Coast

[00:43.48]and the related company D&D Beyond.

[00:48.32]Officials at D&D Beyond said

[00:51.76]they did not find out until recently

[00:54.92]that one of its artists used AI

[00:58.48]to create artwork for an upcoming book.

[01:02.76]The company said in a statement

[01:05.44]it had talked to the artist involved.

[01:09.44]D&D Beyond said the artist

[01:12.96]– who had worked for the company

[01:14.92]for more than 10 years – had agreed

[01:17.88]to no longer use AI tools for artistic designs.

[01:23.40]The company said it is

[01:25.28]also examining its current AI rules.

[01:30.04]Some D&D fans

[01:32.16]discovered the AI-developed art in the series.

[01:36.84]Hasbro bought D&D Beyond for $146.3 million last year.

[01:45.60]The Rhode Island-based toy company

[01:48.56]has owned Wizards of the Coast

[01:51.36]for more than 20 years.

[01:54.24]The AI artwork in question

[01:57.36]was part of a soon-to-be-released book

[02:00.32]of creature descriptions and lore

[02:04.12]called Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants.

[02:09.00]The digital and physical versions of the game

[02:12.84]are set for release August 15.

[02:16.84]The use of AI tools

[02:19.36]to assist with creative work

[02:21.96]has raised copyright and labor concerns

[02:26.04]across a number of industries.

[02:29.12]The issue is part of what is fueling

[02:32.56]the current Hollywood strike.

[02:35.00]It also led the music industry organization,

[02:38.92]the Recording Academy,

[02:41.00]to change the rules of its Grammy Awards process.

[02:46.28]Some artists have brought legal action

[02:49.68]against AI companies

[02:51.88]for using their work without permission.

[02:56.08]The Associated Press reported

[02:59.00]that Hasbro competitor Mattel

[03:02.24]had used AI-created images

[03:05.32]to help come up with ideas

[03:07.60]for a new Hot Wheels toy car.

[03:11.60]The news agency noted, however,

[03:14.64]that Mattel has not said exactly

[03:17.76]how it is using AI

[03:20.40]in product development.

[03:23.28]I'm Bryan Lynn.

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Words in This Story

role-play – v. to pretend to be a particular character and to behave and react in the way that character would

lore – n. traditional knowledge and stories about a subject

copyright – n. the legal right to control the use of an original piece of work such as a book, movie or song