Karla Ortiz to Epic Games: ‘stop using GenAi for art’
Karla Ortiz @kortizartX
Why it matters
Artist-side objection to Epic’s pivot from a concept artist who says she is suing generative-AI companies.
Summary
Posted Oct 12, 2026 (22:07 UTC). Concept artist Karla Ortiz quotes Sweeney’s ‘huge pivot’ post: ‘Hey @EpicGames stop using GenAi for art. Consider this a friendly reminder: All Artistic GenAi models are trained off the works of artists like myself. This was done so without our credit, consent or compensation. Which is why artists like myself are suing GenAi companies.’ The text as fetched breaks off after ‘Epic-’ and seems to continue in a thread that was not fetched.
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Hey @EpicGames stop using GenAi for art. Consider this a friendly reminder:
All Artistic GenAi models are trained off the works of artists like myself. This was done so without our credit, consent or compensation. Which is why artists like myself are suing GenAi companies. Epic-
Quoting @TimSweeneyEpic: We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration.
The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.