Magic: The Gathering artist quits amid accusations Wizards of the Coast used AI art despite anti-AI stance
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Artist Dave Rapoza quit working with Wizards of the Coast over claims they used AI to generate recent Magic The Gathering promotional art, despite stating they were against using AI tools.
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Wizards of the Coast denied the accusations and said the art was created by humans, not AI, but fans and artists pointed out inconsistencies.
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This followed Wizards stating last month that they require creatives working on Magic products to refrain from using AI generative tools.
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Rapoza said Wizards took the "high road" by stating they were against AI art to gain favor, but still used it anyway.
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Rapoza decided to quit as they work with other game studios that are open about using AI, while Wizards claimed they were not but appeared to actually use it.