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How AI is fuelling uncertainty for game developers

In a struggling games industry AI has been hailed as a possible saviour. But not everyone's convinced.

Some studios are exploring systems trained on internal data, and third parties advertising ethical tools that claim to work off authorised sources are springing up. Composer Borislav Slavov, who won a Bafta Games Award for his work on Baldur's Gate 3, told the BBC he was "excited about what AI could bring to the table for music in the near future". Online shooter The Finals received a backlash over its use of synthesised voice lines, and developer Square Enix was criticised for the limited use of generated art in its multiplayer game Foamstars.

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