Streamers And Voice Actors Refuse To Work With Popular New Gacha Game Over Gen AI Concerns

Streamers And Voice Actors Refuse To Work With Popular New Gacha Game Over Gen AI Concerns https://ift.tt/UiGrP1F

At first glance, Neverness to Everness has everything that a gacha game fan wants and needs--cute character models, a supernatural open world, and even realistic cars to drive around in. However, just a few days after launch, some players have begun to spot assets suspected to have been created with generative AI. As a result, popular streamers and even a voice actor that worked on the game have started refusing to work with Neverness to Everness and its developer, Hotta Studio.

In one video, many are pointing out "artifacting"--unintended distortions that occur as a result of using AI to generate an asset. At one point, the character's entire outfit design appears to change after his hand blocks a portion of it.

In another part of the game, players claim that Neverness to Everness features a billboard with scenes from the anime Weathering With You that appear to have an AI filter over them or have been potentially fed into a generative AI tool to create the advertisement. A third observation claims that there is "an 18-minute generative AI anime short film in the theater" in Neverness to Everness.

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