https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layoffs/
Recent breakthroughs in AI image generation have created widespread anxiety in China’s video game art industry.
Given the high quality of AI-produced artwork, many illustrators are losing their jobs to AI image generators such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2.
The gaming industry’s job market was already precarious after the Chinese government’s licensing freeze in 2021 threw thousands of game developers out of business.