Earlier today, Larian held its first Q&A about its next project, Divinity. This gave fans an opportunity to speak with some of the developers directly, including Larian CEO, Swen Vincke.
This also meant that fans could follow up on concerns surrounding generative AI, as Vincke had ignited controversy when he suggested that it was being used to assist in the creation of concept art. This was cleared up in the AMA, hosted on r/games, as Larian took questions on a range of issues.
We'll get this out of the way first - Larian is scaling back its use of generative AI.
"There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity," Vincke says. "I know there’s been a lot of discussion about us using AI tools as part of concept art exploration. We already said this doesn’t mean the actual concept art is generated by AI but we understand it created confusion.
"So, to ensure there is no room for doubt, we’ve decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development."
However, that does not mean that gen AI is out altogether. "We continuously try to improve the speed with which we can try things out. The...
