https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/ai/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:29:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/ai/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-actors-union-reveals-new-guidelines-to-combat-unauthorized-ai-voice-cloning-including-strict-ban-on-copying-voices-of-deceased-seiyuu/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-actors-union-reveals-new-guidelines-to-combat-unauthorized-ai-voice-cloning-including-strict-ban-on-copying-voices-of-deceased-seiyuu/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:29:57 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73939 The Japan Actors Union announced a new set of guidelines to combat the unauthorized use of AI for generating voice content. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-actors-union-reveals-new-guidelines-to-combat-unauthorized-ai-voice-cloning-including-strict-ban-on-copying-voices-of-deceased-seiyuu/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-ai-powered-driving-game-take-out-loan-to-keep-steam-demo-running-after-surge-in-players-pushes-ai-costs-past-1000-a-day/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-ai-powered-driving-game-take-out-loan-to-keep-steam-demo-running-after-surge-in-players-pushes-ai-costs-past-1000-a-day/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:07:49 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73667 Teach My Little Sister How to Drive uses external AI models (Gemini and ChatGPT) to generate real-time conversations.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-ai-powered-driving-game-take-out-loan-to-keep-steam-demo-running-after-surge-in-players-pushes-ai-costs-past-1000-a-day/feed/ 4 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-publishers-reportedly-outraged-after-domestic-company-admits-to-selling-large-volumes-of-books-to-ai-developer-anthropic/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-publishers-reportedly-outraged-after-domestic-company-admits-to-selling-large-volumes-of-books-to-ai-developer-anthropic/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:00:57 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73481 Nippan reportedly admitted to selling books, but said it had not understood the purchases to be for the purpose of AI training.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-publishers-reportedly-outraged-after-domestic-company-admits-to-selling-large-volumes-of-books-to-ai-developer-anthropic/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/atelier-ryza-ai-chatbot-game-developer-to-place-limits-on-user-inputs-to-protect-the-integrity-of-the-character-and-series/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/atelier-ryza-ai-chatbot-game-developer-to-place-limits-on-user-inputs-to-protect-the-integrity-of-the-character-and-series/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:38:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73144 The restrictions will be adopted in an October update.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/atelier-ryza-ai-chatbot-game-developer-to-place-limits-on-user-inputs-to-protect-the-integrity-of-the-character-and-series/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ryzachatai-developers-announce-atelier-sophie-ai-chat-rpg/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ryzachatai-developers-announce-atelier-sophie-ai-chat-rpg/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:41:19 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72725 SophieChat:AI is set in the world of Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ryzachatai-developers-announce-atelier-sophie-ai-chat-rpg/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:53:08 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72696 Hiraku Agent suggests that demand may be declining for "basic" tasks and work that has traditionally been handled by younger or less-experienced creators,]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/feed/ 0 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/ 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/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:45:07 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72691 CESA is the organizer of Tokyo Game Show.]]> 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/feed/ 25 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-says-some-suspected-ai-oddities-from-trailers-were-actually-human-errors-apologizes-for-fueling-doubt-with-careless-use-of-ai-in-some-of-its-videos/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-says-some-suspected-ai-oddities-from-trailers-were-actually-human-errors-apologizes-for-fueling-doubt-with-careless-use-of-ai-in-some-of-its-videos/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:07:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72681 Level-5 has issued a more comprehensive response to the backlash following September 10's "Level-5 VISION 2026 II: Dreams" presentation.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-says-some-suspected-ai-oddities-from-trailers-were-actually-human-errors-apologizes-for-fueling-doubt-with-careless-use-of-ai-in-some-of-its-videos/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-blood-rain-technical-director-addresses-controversial-ai-generated-music-video-says-studio-will-draw-a-clear-line-between-experimental-and-in-game-content/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-blood-rain-technical-director-addresses-controversial-ai-generated-music-video-says-studio-will-draw-a-clear-line-between-experimental-and-in-game-content/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:02:04 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72163 Released on July 31, the music video garnered dissatisfaction from many Stellar Blade fans.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-blood-rain-technical-director-addresses-controversial-ai-generated-music-video-says-studio-will-draw-a-clear-line-between-experimental-and-in-game-content/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/studio-ghibli-producer-ignored-the-ghibli-style-ai-art-trend-because-he-knew-people-would-just-get-bored-of-it-it-only-takes-a-little-knowledge-to-spot-a-fake/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/studio-ghibli-producer-ignored-the-ghibli-style-ai-art-trend-because-he-knew-people-would-just-get-bored-of-it-it-only-takes-a-little-knowledge-to-spot-a-fake/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:50:37 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72023 Toshio Suzuki recently talked about why his studio has been categorically silent when it comes to "Ghibi-style" slop,]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/studio-ghibli-producer-ignored-the-ghibli-style-ai-art-trend-because-he-knew-people-would-just-get-bored-of-it-it-only-takes-a-little-knowledge-to-spot-a-fake/feed/ 6 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-adopts-new-guidelines-urging-ai-companies-to-disclose-training-data-to-combat-ip-infringement/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-adopts-new-guidelines-urging-ai-companies-to-disclose-training-data-to-combat-ip-infringement/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71691 The Japanese public is skeptical due the non-binding nature of the new code.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japan-adopts-new-guidelines-urging-ai-companies-to-disclose-training-data-to-combat-ip-infringement/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/crazy-taxi-world-tours-ai-disclosure-guarantees-no-ai-generated-content-in-the-final-game-following-update-to-wording/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/crazy-taxi-world-tours-ai-disclosure-guarantees-no-ai-generated-content-in-the-final-game-following-update-to-wording/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:55:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71476 The change appears to have been made some time between late July and early August.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/crazy-taxi-world-tours-ai-disclosure-guarantees-no-ai-generated-content-in-the-final-game-following-update-to-wording/feed/ 0