Steam Faces Claims of Banning AI-Generated Games, Valve Responds
July 12 2023
Valve has issued a statement denying claims that it rejected games containing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated assets from its Steam games store. The claim originated from an indie game developer who said Valve was not willing to publish games with AI-generated content. Valve responded saying the legal ownership of AI-generated art was unclear, and games with such assets would not be shipped unless the developer could confirm ownership of all the intellectual property used in the AI training data. Valve clarified that their review protocol reflects current copyright law, and as such policies evolve, so will Valve’s review process.
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What does it mean?
- Assets: In a gaming context, assets refer to all the components of the game that make up the final product, such as characters, background, sound effects, etc.
- Indie game developer: An independent game developer is a person or group that creates games without the financial support of a game publisher. They usually have more creative control over their projects and often experiment with game mechanics and art styles.
- AI-generated content: This type of content is created by artificial intelligence. For games, this could include everything from character design to plot development, all done without human intervention.
- Intellectual property: This is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. It broadly covers copyrights, patents, and trademarks, etc.
- AI training data: This refers to the data used to train an AI model. The quality and quantity of training data directly influences the performance of AI.