All articles tagged with #generative ai
Meta’s new AI image generator can create images from Instagram photos, and public accounts were auto-opted in. To opt out, switch your Instagram account to private or go to Settings and Activity > Sharing and reuse, and disable “Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta,” specifically turning off Posts and Reels.
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano suspects a majority of students in his take-home midterm used AI to cheat, prompting him to make the final exam in-person; the midterm averaged about 96% while the final averaged 48.6%, leading to dozens dropping the course or failing. Brown’s handling of the case, including a Standing Committee on the Academic Code and a campus GenAI in teaching and learning initiative, has drawn criticism and highlighted broader questions about AI, detection, and policy in higher education.
A24 is defending its expensive partnership with Google's DeepMind, describing it as collaborative AI research that lets artists shape tools and workflows rather than be handed AI outputs, even as fans and industry figures push back amid broader concerns about generative AI in Hollywood.
Steam lists a bizarre title called ‘Congratulations On Your Purchase’ for $999.99, promising no combat or quests—just walking and leaving your name on a wall—sparking confusion and debate about price, concept, and AI-generated store artwork.
Take-Two’s former AI head says the hype around generative AI is “poisoning the well” and could push companies away from traditional AI methods in game development, warning of a trough of disillusionment and noting the risk of stifling broader AI research as the industry pivots.
Poncle says it’s reviewing its Fortnite collaboration after Epic’s State of Unreal showcased AI-assisted asset creation, sparking concerns about generative AI’s impact on creativity, copyright, and jobs. The move reflects broader industry debates as Epic touts AI tools and executives suggest AI will be involved in most future game production.
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 6 with built‑in AI tools, LLMs, and an open MCP foundation to speed content creation and enable cross‑game portability, while developers caution about ownership and costs and warn of a possible Roblox‑like monoculture—Epic defends AI as a productivity boost, even as industry opinion splits and some praise alternative engines amid ongoing company shakeups.
Epic unveiled Unreal Engine 6, promising deep AI-model integration (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to automate tedious content tasks while preserving creator control, and unifying UE5 and Fortnite editor workstreams into a single product. UE6 centers on Verse, portable content/code, and AI-assisted workflows to speed up level setup, rigging, lighting, and other authoring tasks. Developers can bring their own models, with on-stage demos showing AI prompts generating scenes and adjusting lighting. Early access is planned for late 2027 with a full release about 12–18 months later.
Epic Games publicly demonstrates the use of generative AI tools in Fortnite development, showing AI-generated renders and assets that introduce unintended details. Artists then spend time cleaning up the AI’s mistakes, highlighting concerns that GenAI can save time but may sacrifice originality and lead to more work for creators. The video follows prior AI-related incidents in Fortnite and comes after Epic laid off about 1,000 staff, fueling debate about the role of automation in game development.
Steam Next Fest features 8,700 participating games, with about 1,704 of them (roughly 20%) tagged for generative AI disclosures, reflecting Valve’s requirement that AI use be declared to players. The practice has sparked ongoing industry debate, with past clarifications like Sega’s Crazy Taxi AI usage cited as examples, while AI continues to be integrated in major releases and even linked to broader concerns like hardware price spikes.
The Trump administration weighed export controls on Anthropic weeks before it forced Anthropic to take its latest AI model offline after a dispute over sharing its technology with a China-linked firm, shattering the White House’s trust in the company and signaling a tougher, security-driven approach to AI governance.
A Kotaku columnist browses Steam Next Fest with an AI-content detector and finds that many demos carry generative AI warnings, turning the event into a depressing experience as AI-made visuals and assets creep into indie titles. The piece argues small teams feel pressured to use AI due to resource limits, worries about a future where human-made games are rarer, and notes the overall flood of AI-signed content alongside a backlog of non-AI titles.
Three days after Anthropic released Fable, the White House ordered the company to take it offline within 90 minutes, marking a sharp escalation in AI oversight and underscoring tensions over safeguards and export controls that could shape future U.S. AI policy.
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a modern Unreal Engine 5 remake from Flying Wild Hog and Amazon Game Studios that foregrounds exploration in the Peru Lost Valley level, featuring Lara's classic moves, puzzle-driven progression, and later gunplay; the team confirms AI tools were used in early development but final content will be human-crafted, with a February 12, 2027 release for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC.
Crystal Dynamics’ Jeff Adams says generative AI will be used as a visualization tool during early level design for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis; if an AI-generated concept works, it moves into the traditional pipeline and all final content remains human-crafted, with the game due February 12, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC; the studio emphasizes they’re using AI to speed up decision-making, not replace human work, and they did not disclose deeper AI specifics ahead of release.