Although it is recognized that artificial intelligence is relevant in the video game industry, Valve seems wary about allowing games that use these techniques to be listed on Steam. Reports suggest that the company prohibits the distribution of titles that use generation art whose origin cannot be verified.
A Reddit user reported that Valve rejected the inclusion of its game on the platform due to its artificial intelligence-generated art. The company required proof of rights to the assets used before allowing their distribution.
Valve is not willing to publish games with AI generated content anymore
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The Steam owner stated: “Upon reviewing (game name), we found intellectual property that appears to belong to third parties and artistic assets generated by artificial intelligence that appear to be based on material copyrighted by others.”
Steam will not include games that use AI in their images.
Valve told the developer that they cannot allow games to be hosted on Steam whose copyright owners are unknown. Exceptions would only be considered if the creators They demonstrate that they have the rights to all content used to train artificial intelligence.
Despite manual adjustments made to hide the AI generated, the user received bad news from Steam. This position of the company comes at a time when art made with artificial intelligence raises copyright questionsespecially when using databases with images taken from the Internet.
Although Valve has not officially stated its position, it is likely that its decision to reject the game is motivated by its intention to avoid legal conflicts related to the inclusion of that type of art on your platform.
Fountain: Kotaku
