Paizo, a publisher of tabletop role-playing games, has announced that it will no longer allow AI art or text to be used in its products in a decision to support skilled writers and artists Paizo is the publisher of the popular video game RPG Path Pathfinder," which is the basis for the TRPGS Pathfinder: The Kingmaker (opens in new tab) and Pathfinder: The Kingmaker (opens in new tab) and Pathfinder: The Pathfinder (opens in new tab), which is the original source material for the TRPGS Pathfinder: The Kingmaker (opens in new tab) and Pathfinder: The Pathfinder: The Pathfinder (opens in new tab). Righteous Wrath (open in new tab).

"Due to the ethical and legal issues surrounding "AI Art" and the writing prompt program, and the serious threat it poses to the lives of our partners who helped make us what we are today as a company, we stand firmly against the use of this technology in Paizo products. We must take action," the company said in a statement posted on Twitter (opens in new tab).

Paizo plans to expand its AI-generated content band not only to its own products, but also to the Pathfinder Infinite program, which allows other companies and fans to create and sell material officially compatible with TRPGs. This is perhaps an even bigger statement for Paizo, as many consider third-party supplements to be the lifeblood of the TRPG community.

"Our customers expect our releases to have a human touch, and we do not want to associate our brand with this technology in any way as long as the ethical and legal situation surrounding these programs remains uncertain and undetermined," Paizo Paizo states.

Paizo does not rule out the possibility of changing its policy in the future, but stresses that "human artists and writers" are the lifeblood of the company at this time; Paizo will not be using AI-generated "creative" work in the foreseeable future. We are grateful to the human artists and writers who have been integral to our success to date and look forward to working with them for years to come."

While a welcome message of support for writers and visual artists, some have pointed out that it does not represent a stellar record of such support: Paizo has been criticized by workers in the past, who formed a union in 2021, which the company voluntarily The company voluntarily approved it.

Frustration among writers and the art industry over the results of AI generation has been growing over the past year. Clarkesworld, a leading science fiction magazine, temporarily closed its postings (opens in new tab) due to a flood of brutal AI-generated stories, and U.S. government regulators this week warned companies to stop exaggerating the capabilities of AI products (opens in new tab).