Anthropic has updated Claude with new instructions that prohibit the AI from recreating specific existing video games, even if they are renamed or labeled as original. The updated code tells Claude to build original games, games in a genre, and games from users' own designs and assets, while blocking recreations of other people's games.
Addy Osmani, a member of Anthropic's technical staff, confirmed the change on X, explaining that the company wants to steer Claude away from infringing intellectual property. Osmani said original games, genre games, and projects using a user's own designs and assets will remain unaffected, and that Anthropic will continue iterating to strike the right balance.
The update arrives amid a surge of AAA titles being decompiled with AI and made playable in browsers, including Halo: Combat Evolved, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Grand Theft Auto V. Anthropic has faced IP scrutiny before, agreeing to a record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by 500,000 authors over copyrighted training material. More recently, the estate of Elvis Presley filed a similar suit against Anthropic.
Source: Engadget · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing