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People care because it means that Niantic did not pay an artist to create the image.
We going to do an article every time someone uses a loom to make clothing?
The issue is that art currently relies on the whims of people who control the money.
We need a new socioeconomic system with a more fair wealth distribution, so common people can afford choose to support artists that they want to support.
I agree, but also I don't see the harm in reporting on how corporations using AI is hurting artists or writers.
Adobe has added AI tools to Photoshop.
Just because someone used AI to initially generate a background or some objects does not mean that the entire image was created without an artist.
The artist can always come in and finish off the image, and there are additional tools that let you control characters/poses for the initial AI Generation.
So, this is the direction we're headed. Why is it news when a company does it?
When a company does something controversial, it becomes news.