Activision confirms generative AI tools used for Call of Duty
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Call of Duty features generative AI according to Activision's new disclosure listed on the game's Steam page.
  • zephorah@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Steam is a last bastion of integrity. Given the present timeline, it will probably be bought out by EA.

    • Majorllama@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Gabe has stated several times that as long as he is running things he will never go public and let it get ruined like that.

      Once he’s gone though I suspect steam will sell for 18 quintillion dollars to Microsoft or something.

      It’ll probably go to shit immediately afterwards.

      • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 days ago

        And this is why we shouldn’t rely on steam to be the one and only saviour. GoG and pirating is needed so we can make sure we can enjoy our games in the future.

        • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Gog keeps hitting me with admin access requests when I’m not even doing anything on it. Repeatedly. Until I kill the task. Not a fan.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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            3 days ago

            Because of the DRM free nature of GOG, you do not have to use their GOG Galaxy client.

            You could use a different client (like Heroic) or you could just download the games straight from the GOG website.

      • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Really hoping (He probably does) he has a succession plan in place to prevent that when he’s gone

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    even when used to assist human creativity

    That’s a bit harsh. AI can be a great tool for assisting creativity.

    finished by a human to be covered under copyright

    That’s so much worse, wtf? airbrushed slop is fine but using it as inspiration, which good luck proving that, isn’t?

    This whole AI thing is fucking cooked.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I don’t see why this stuff even matters. Like say they fully AI generate a loading screen for their game, and therefore they don’t have copyright on it. That doesn’t stop them from selling the game, it would only stop them from suing someone copying that specific part of the game for their own purposes. But such a person would have no way of knowing whether the image was fully AI generated or not, so even though in actuality they couldn’t be sued successfully, they will still be taking the risk. And there isn’t much reason to anyway that I can think of.

      So why would a company like Activision even give a shit?

    • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It’s okay, the author of the article didn’t actually read (or understand) the Copyright Office’s recommendations. They are:

      Based on an analysis of copyright law and policy, informed by the many thoughtful comments in response to our NOI, the Office makes the following conclusions and recommendations:

      • Questions of copyrightability and AI can be resolved pursuant to existing law, without the need for legislative change.
      • The use of AI tools to assist rather than stand in for human creativity does not affect the availability of copyright protection for the output.
      • Copyright protects the original expression in a work created by a human author, even if the work also includes AI-generated material.
      • Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or material where there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements.
      • Whether human contributions to AI-generated outputs are sufficient to constitute authorship must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
      • Based on the functioning of current generally available technology, prompts do not alone provide sufficient control.
      • Human authors are entitled to copyright in their works of authorship that are perceptible in AI-generated outputs, as well as the creative selection, coordination, or arrangement of material in the outputs, or creative modifications of the outputs.
      • The case has not been made for additional copyright or sui generis protection for AI- generated content.

      Pretty much everything the article’s author stated is contradicted by the above.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I had been playing some Warzone recently because I hate myself, and I had thought some of the cards and banners seemed fucked up, but most of them also look hand drawn (such as the Black History Month loading screen) so I assumed maybe it was just the style, but now I can’t help but think they’re just AI generated.