07/03/2023 Valve has responded to our request for comment. It has been included below.

AI generated assets, created by well-known programs like Midjourney and DALL-E, are being regularly discovered in popular games every day, including in games found on Steam. However, a developer claims they were unable to publish their game unless they could prove to Valve that they owned the rights of the assets used to train the AI algorithms.

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