Fangamer offers Riven soundtrack refunds and bars generative AI art
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Updated · Time Extension · May 9
Fangamer offers Riven soundtrack refunds and bars generative AI art
6 articles · Updated · Time Extension · May 9
The company said buyers of the 30-track, two-disc vinyl can cancel or return orders after Robyn Miller acknowledged using AI and Photoshop for one gatefold image.
Fangamer said it had not directly addressed its anti-AI policy with outside artists and was unaware which tools were used because its role was limited to layout and production.
The backlash centred on undisclosed AI use in packaging for the first vinyl release of Riven's music, with critics arguing such tools are unethical despite Miller's defence of AI as a creative aid.
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