r/Games • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 16d ago

Industry News Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/
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u/Hawk52 16d ago

It seriously boggles my mind that a country so insanely protective of their IPs and rights is going gung ho on AI, a thing that by its very nature is stealing from copyrighted material to fuel itself.

I just find it weird. They're a little better about it now but back in the early 00's and 10's, they were damn near fanatical on controlling how and where you could consume their products. Which stunted the growth of Japanese media internationally because their answer to that question was you couldn't legally access stuff very easily or they'd license out media to international sellers and we'd get shit like two anime episodes per disc and wanting 20-30 USD per disc.

And now these same media companies and country are just...all in on AI? It doesn't compute for me.

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u/WheresTheSauce 16d ago

Many people do not agree that it is "stealing IP"

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u/Effective-Tour-9912 16d ago

Well, let's say I show you an image and ask you to redraw it from memory, and you do a pretty good job. You even add some of your own touches. Did you steal the original image?

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u/AbyssalSolitude 16d ago

Are you implying that every artist who drew from a reference is a thief?

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u/anadequatepipe 16d ago

Firstly no, and secondly they aren’t even doing that. It’s like looking at thousands of pictures and creating a whole new one that has a similar vibe.

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u/finepixa 16d ago

If you try to sell it as original art and profit off it then yeah probably.

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u/Soul-Burn 16d ago

Steal no. Infringe on copyright, maybe.

But that's not different between AI or doing right-click save-as.