Marathon cinematic short director, Alberto Mielgo, speaks up about the AI questions and the plagiarism scandal tied to the game, calling the situation a genuine mistake that’s been blown out of proportion.
There’s a lot of outsourcing on these big games these days, so likely, some random contractor knowingly took the images and made a texture out of it, passing the work off as their own. And Bungie didn’t really have a way to verify if what they paid for for was original or not.
It was only identified because the original artist recognized their own work.
I’m not sure how a company can actually proactively prevent this kind of thing. Even doing all the work in house runs the risk of a rogue employee lying.
There’s a lot of outsourcing on these big games these days, so likely, some random contractor knowingly took the images and made a texture out of it, passing the work off as their own. And Bungie didn’t really have a way to verify if what they paid for for was original or not.
It was only identified because the original artist recognized their own work.
I’m not sure how a company can actually proactively prevent this kind of thing. Even doing all the work in house runs the risk of a rogue employee lying.
By employing people themselves and paying a proper wage.
It’s not hard.