Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) called for regulation that would stop companies from replacing workers with AI on Friday, following denunciations of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 for featuring AI-generated art. The constituency of video game designers may be niche, but Khanna's proposal is sweeping: a tax on mass displacement that would throttle technological adoption and slow economic growth.
Black Ops 7, the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, was released Friday. That day, video game journalists called attention to the game's apparent use of "AI-generated artwork across its core assets," including calling cards, posters, and reward icons.
