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AI Usage at a Glance

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Jul 9, 2018

Moderation

Practice documented: D&D Beyond — Wizards of the Coast's official digital platform for Dungeons & Dragons — prohibits users from posting any content that was created, even in part, using AI tools. This includes text, images, and audio. The policy was in effect as of May 2025.

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Aug 16, 2023

Creative Gen

Practice documented: In August 2023, fans discovered that illustrations inside a new Dungeons & Dragons book contained signs of AI-generated art. The artist involved admitted to using AI tools to touch up the work. Wizards of the Coast pulled the affected images, commissioned replacement artwork, and introduced new rules barring artists from using AI in D&D products.

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Jan 5, 2024

Creative Gen

Practice documented: In January 2024, Wizards of the Coast posted a promotional image for a Magic: The Gathering product that fans immediately identified as containing AI-generated elements. WotC initially denied it, then reversed course three days later and admitted AI components had been introduced by a third-party vendor. The controversy led veteran artist Dave Rapoza to end his work with the company.

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Jan 8, 2024

Creative Gen

New evidence: Wizards of the Coast will adjust generative AI policy for ‘Magic’ following controversy

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Jan 8, 2024

Creative Gen

New evidence: Magic: The Gathering Posts, Defends, and Then Backtracks From Obviously AI Art

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Jan 10, 2024

Creative Gen

New evidence: Understanding Wizards of the Coast’s New AI Art Debacle

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Jun 3, 2024

Creative Gen

Practice documented: In May 2024, Wizards of the Coast advertised for a "Principal AI Engineer" to build AI systems that could generate dialogue, audio, artwork, and character behaviors for future video games. WotC stated the role was specifically for video game projects, not for its tabletop card or roleplaying games.

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Oct 15, 2024

Moderation

New evidence: Site Rules & Guidelines

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Jun 1, 2025

Moderation

Practice documented: Wizards of the Coast partnered with Voight.ai (also called Artistree) to build a tool that checks whether artwork submitted by freelance artists contains AI-generated elements. The tool is used internally to enforce WotC's ban on AI art in D&D and Magic: The Gathering products.

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Mar 16, 2026

Moderation

Practice documented: In March 2026, Wizards of the Coast announced a pilot program using AI to monitor voice conversations during online Magic: The Gathering games played through its SpellTable platform. The AI flags potentially harmful speech for a human moderator to review — humans make all final decisions.

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Mar 18, 2026

Moderation

New evidence: SpellTable To Introduce AI-Powered Voice Chat Moderation

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Content ModerationConsumer FacingVerified

D&D Beyond — Wizards of the Coast's official digital platform for Dungeons & Dragons — prohibits users from posting any content that was created, even in part, using AI tools. This includes text, images, and audio. The policy was in effect as of May 2025.

D&D Beyond's Site Rules & Guidelines (updated May 2025) include an explicit ban on AI-generated content: "Any content created, in whole or in part, through the use of artificial intelligence is not permitted." The policy applies to the site's forums, homebrew content library, and other user-generated areas. Enforcement appears to rely primarily on human moderators and user reports rather than automated detection tools. Forum discussions among moderators indicate that the homebrew review queue can run one to two months behind, and moderators have noted they are "working on ways to automate part of the process," though no AI moderation tools have been confirmed for the platform.

D&D Beyond
2 sources · D&D Beyond · Oct 15, 2024Read full entry →
Content ModerationInternal OnlyVerified

Wizards of the Coast partnered with Voight.ai (also called Artistree) to build a tool that checks whether artwork submitted by freelance artists contains AI-generated elements. The tool is used internally to enforce WotC's ban on AI art in D&D and Magic: The Gathering products.

The partnership was announced June 12, 2024 as an addition to WotC's Generative AI Art FAQ on the official D&D support site. Voight.ai's "Human Certification project" was described as built "alongside artists and creatives" and designed to detect unauthorized AI usage during the asset production process. The tool is used by WotC staff to vet commissioned artwork before publication — it is not consumer-facing. This came after two high-profile incidents (the Glory of the Giants sourcebook and the Ravnica Remastered marketing image) where AI art appeared in WotC products despite stated policy against it.

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2 sources · Wizards of the Coast (MTG Support) · Mar 22, 2026Read full entry →
Content ModerationConsumer FacingVerified

In March 2026, Wizards of the Coast announced a pilot program using AI to monitor voice conversations during online Magic: The Gathering games played through its SpellTable platform. The AI flags potentially harmful speech for a human moderator to review — humans make all final decisions.

Announced March 16, 2026, the pilot uses GGWP — an AI moderation company that also works with Sony and Unity — to scan voice chat during SpellTable matches and surface content that may violate community guidelines. WotC described the tool as helping moderators "sift through more data than our humans could reasonably process without help." Human moderators retain final decision-making authority. This is WotC's first publicly confirmed consumer-facing AI moderation deployment. SpellTable is a browser-based platform that lets Magic: The Gathering players use their physical card collections to play games remotely via webcam.

SpellTable
2 sources · MTG Salvation · Mar 18, 2026Read full entry →

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