Epic Games Is Updating Its EULA to Allow AI Training

"We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly": Epic get more specific about genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development

Epic Games are, dunno if you've heard, on a bit of a genAI kick at the moment. It's been tough to notice unless you listen very hard. Tim Sweeney's lips have been sealed and no reports have spewed forth. Sark aside, to this point Epic have had far more provocative soundbites and weird marketing lingo to offer than specific detail about how they're using genAI in different parts of their business.

Epic Games Will Soon Train AI on Unreal Engine Outputs

Epic Games has more and more leaned into AI to accelerate game development, with the gaming giant recently announcing that it was switching to AI-first development and adding a slew of new AI-powered features in Unreal Engine. Now, Epic Games's Tim Sweeney has responded to a Kotaku article about Epic Games issuing a DMCA take-down of an AI-created Fortnite clone, effectively explaining that the studio will soon allow AI training on "outputs of U…

Epic Games is updating its EULA to allow AI training

In a post on X, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney casually states that the EULA for using Epic's engine will allow for training AI on the output, though developers can still choose to restrict it for individual games.