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Wizards of the Coast Union Demands Company Stop Pushing Generative AI

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Wizards of the Coast Union Demands Company Stop Pushing Generative AI

The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing, joining the Wizards of the Coast-CWA (UWOTC-CWA) union formed by the Arena team earlier this year. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI.

The Arena team, behind the online version of Magic: The Gathering, unionized back in April, and after months, has won its union election. Now, on October 8, that union is expanding to adopt the Dungeons & Dragons team and Team X – the team behind Magic: The Gathering and Dual Masters. The Wizards of the Coast-CWA is giving the company until October 13 to voluntarily recognize the expanded unit. However, Wizards did not voluntarily recognize the union when it was just the Arena team, so this will probably be an uphill battle.

The new union shared a petition ahead of its recognition, with demands it's presenting to Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. One of those demands is protection against the encroachment of AI, where it says, "Leadership, without regard for the desires of our teams, has pushed for adoption of LLMs and generative AI. This has to stop; our teams deserve a robust and enforceable AI policy that aligns with our goals and values."

' Back then, the union's announcement letter said, "Currently, if an employee makes anything creative in their free time, with their own resources, Hasbro may claim ownership.



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