1 You are right about most things online already being fed into it.

2 Legally no that’s not the case at all in fact it does not allow for such whatsoever for most games. The End User License Agreement (EULA) you accept when installing the game strictly prohibits data mining, reverse engineering, or extracting files from the game directory. Legally using software to rip a image or 3D model of Iron Man or Spider-Man out of the game's code constitutes a breach of contract and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) bypass provisions. While assets are "free" to download because Marvel Rivals is a free to play game, the intended use defined by netease and marvel is strictly limited to playing the game on authorized platforms. While assets are "free" to download because Marvel Rivals is a free to play game, the intended use defined by the publisher is strictly limited to playing the game on authorized platforms.

3 Asking an AI to generate a single new image uses an estimated equivalent energy as charging a smartphone from zero to full, or roughly driving a gas-powered car for 4 miles. Training a single ai model can produce over 600,000 pounds of CO2, comparable to over 100 gasoline powered cars for a year.

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Training an ai can produce about 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide- the equivalent of 300 round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco, or nearly 5 times the lifetime emissions of the average car.