Mon. Dec 23rd, 2024
Wizards Of The Coast Reiterates Anti Ai Art Stance Following Player's

This image, combined with layoffs at Wizards earlier this year, including some artists, and a job posting for a “touch-up artist” suggests that the company plans to replace some of its artists with AI tools. Some people speculated.

Wizards yesterday responded to a question about the Player’s Handbook art for X by saying, “We have confirmed with our artists that no generative AI is being used. This is consistent with our artist guidelines that limit it.”

Today, the company released the following statement in full:

For 30 years, Magic: The Gathering is built on the innovation, ingenuity, and hard work of talented people who have created beautiful and creative games. That hasn’t changed. Our internal guidelines regarding artificial intelligence tools remain unchanged. We’re looking for artists, writers and creatives to contribute. magic TCG refrains from using AI generation tools to create final ones magic product. We work with some of the world’s most talented artists and creators, and we believe that they are the ones who create the world. magic wonderful.

Artists familiar with Wizards of the Coast also took to social media to show their support for Wizards of the Coast.

Other artists have tried to clarify that the presence of touch-up artists does not mean a transition to AI-generated art, and that it is common practice to touch up art internally after receiving a commission. I made that clear.

Wizards of the Coast is set to release an updated 2024 Player’s Handbook next year, along with the Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual, and IGN got a chance to get an early look at it during a visit to the company’s headquarters earlier this year.

Travis Northup is a freelance writer for IGN.