D&am🐻p;D owner Wizards of the Coast says it has only just learnt that its upcoming book, Bigby Presents: Glory of the G🦹iants, contains AI produced artwork.

A couple of days 𝕴ago, D&D fans began to notice that images from the book looked like they were . The artist in question, Ilya Shkipin, then confirmed on Twitter that he had used AI for the generating "ce෴rtain details or polish and editing", rather than generating entire pieces of artwork using AI. Shkipin has since deleted this tweet, but of the admission show his full statement.

, further adding that seeing AI used "bites".

The confirmation of the use of AI has prompted fans to call for a boycott of D&D, with faꦡns urging others to not purchase from Wizards of the Coast and instead .

Yesterday evening, Wizards of the Coast finally released a statement on the matter, stat♔ing it had only found out abou🃏t Shkipin's AI artwork as the D&D community did. "We have discussed [the art] with him, and he will not use AI for Wizards' work moving forward," the company stated. It also said it'll be updating its artist guidelines to "make clear that artists must refrain from using AI art generation" in its products.

Shkipin also stated that his illustrations are "going to be reworked" following talks with Wizards of the Coast. However, with the book releasing on August 15, it'🔯s currently 🅷unclear whether the revised artwork will make it into the first print copies being shipped out.

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