Posted 10/31/2023, 5:21:20 PM
Ubisoft Faces Backlash for Using AI Art Amid Layoffs
- Ubisoft social media accounts posted AI-generated Assassin's Creed art amid recent layoffs
- Images showed smoothed over, generic versions of Ezio that looked like Fortnite characters
- Ubisoft Netherlands followed with more AI-looking Ezio art for Halloween
- Over 1,000 Ubisoft employees have left this year as part of "cost reduction" program
- Fans skeptical of companies using AI art for marketing as models like DALL-E 2 make it easy
