Foamstars Used Midjourney Art In PlayStation Shooter

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Square Enix has confirmed that its upcoming PlayStation shooter, Foamstars, contains AI-generated art.

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The president of Square Enix expressed the company's intention to aggressively apply AI in future game development in a New Year's Letter.

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Previous uses of AI by Square Enix include improving facial animation and camera angles in Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

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At a press event, Foamstars producer Kosuke Okatani confirmed that Midjourney was used to create a small number of in-game icons related to album covers for the game's music tracks.

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Okatani emphasized that the core elements of Foamstars, including gameplay, were created by hand, and the AI-generated content accounts for about 0.01% or less of the game.

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There is ongoing legal scrutiny in the industry, with a lawsuit listing thousands of artist names alleging that their artwork was scraped to train generative AI tools.

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Xbox announced a multi-year deal with Inworld in November to build AI dialogue and narrative tools for accessible and responsibly designed multi-platform AI toolsets.